On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 02:17:07PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Amanda Babcock wrote:
> > Does anybody know how to make vi pass control characters through instead
> > of showing them as hex numbers?
>
> IIRC, type ^V before the character. (EG: ^V^C)
>
> Save before you try this...
Actually, I meant how to make it *show* characters that are already in
the file. Mine insists upon escaping them, showing them as a number
preceded by a backslash. I ended up using Emacs instead, when I found
out that version 20 has internationalization built in from the ground up.
Thanks,
Amanda
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