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From: new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: A vi question
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Date: 23 Aug 90 16:32:54 GMT
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>>	%s/^H.//g
>>As the backspace sequence is used only to reprint the preceding character and
>>with this command all duplications are removed.

Much better is %s/.^H//g which throws out the character *before* the backspace
in case it is an underline.   You know this is right because the backspace
when displayed overwrites the *previous* character, not the next. -- Darren
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--- Darren New --- Grad Student --- CIS --- Univ. of Delaware ---