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From: paul@actrix.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater)
Newsgroups: comp.editors,comp.unix.i386,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Displaying 8-bit characters in vi...
Message-ID: <1990Mar26.102125.4365@actrix.co.nz>
Date: 26 Mar 90 10:21:25 GMT
Reply-To: paul@actrix.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater)
Organization: Actrix Public Access UNIX, Wellington, New Zealand
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Hi there,
I've got ISC 386/ix 2.02, and have been using vi with some files
that contain extended characters (8th bit set).  These appear on
vi as e.g. \272.  How can I force vi to use the extended characters?

Can I have a snappy answer to this one please, i.e. same day, as I
have to show this to a customer tomorrow morning!  Note my local time
is GMT-12 hrs (New Zealand).  


-- 
Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.co.nz