Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!cunyvm!unknown From: rrk@byuvax.bitnet Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Re: Including in an EDT search string. How? Message-ID: <14rrk@byuvax.bitnet> Date: Fri, 30-Oct-87 21:23:42 EST Article-I.D.: byuvax.14rrk Posted: Fri Oct 30 21:23:42 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 06:45:11 EST Lines: 13 The other answers I have seen do not work. I know of one way to search for an escape character in EDT: Use control-K to define a key (I usually choose "1" on the keypad so I always remember it) It asks for a definition and you type: ("^["). The ^[ in the definition is produced by pressing escape twice. All other characters are produced by normal keys that echo what they are. You terminate the line by pressing . You have now defined a key which will, whenever you press it, search for an escape. (anything else you want searched for can also be put in the quotes. After a search, it becomes the default search string and you can do mass replaces or whatever:.