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From: tore@bibsyst.UUCP (Tore Morkemo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: INSERT CONTROL CHRACTERS INTO vi editor...
Message-ID: <369@bibsyst.UUCP>
Date: 6 Dec 90 07:53:10 GMT
References: <1148@shakti.ncst.ernet.in>
Reply-To: tore@bibsyst.UUCP (Tore Morkemo)
Organization: Bibliotek-Systemer A/S, N-3250 Larvik, Norway
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In article <1148@shakti.ncst.ernet.in> jagdeep@ncst.ernet.in (Jagdeep Antani) writes:

> hello!!

Hi !

>  I am looking for the manner to insert any control character in vi 

In input mode you can enter ctrl-characters by first pressing <CTRL>-v
and then pressing the ctrl-character.
example :
  To enter ctrl-l into the text :
    Press <CTRL>-v and then <CTRL>-l.

  You can also enter <ESC> by pressing <CTRL>-v and the the <ESC> key.

This is very useful with :map and makes it possible to enter <RETURN>
and other useful ctrl-characters in macros.

Tore.

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