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- From: ciacovel@telesciences.com (Chris D Iacovelli)
- Subject: Re: How to quote % in vi/ex ': ' escape
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.190930.7447@telesciences.com>
- Organization: TeleSciences CO Systems, Inc.
- References: <heinz.689356033@marvin.tuwien.ac.at>
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 19:09:30 GMT
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- In article <heinz.689356033@marvin.tuwien.ac.at> heinz@marvin.tuwien.ac.at (Heinz Herbeck) writes:
- >Sorry if this is in the FAQ or has been discussed here already. I can vaguely
- >remember having read about this problem before, but I can't find any
- >articles about it in my archives (and I can't find the FAQ either).
- >
- >How can I insert a % into a ':' command in vi, without it being replaced by
- >the current filename ?
- >For example, I have a file test.c% in my directory, and want to read it into
- >the buffer with
- >
- >:r test.c%
- >
- >or edit it with
- >
- >:e test.c%
- >
- >^V% and ^V^V% don't work.
- >
- >And, in the same way, how to quote # ?
- >
- >Any help or hint will be appreciated.
- >
- >MfG
- >HH
- >--
- >- Heinz M. HERBECK heinz@marvin.tuwien.ac.at Tel. +43 1 58801-4107 -
- >- Technical University of Vienna, Austria // Institute for Computer Graphics -
- >- Hardware, n. : The part of a computer system that can be kicked. -
-
- Try using the back slash, \.
- This usally works for me.
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- C. Iacovelli
- Member, Technical Staff
- Telesciences CO Systems
- ciacovel@telesciences.com
-