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From: marty@homxc.ATT.COM (M.B.BRILLIANT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Thanks for vi.arc, but....
Summary: But how can I put a backspace in a regular expression?
Message-ID: <5188@homxc.ATT.COM>
Date: 26 Jan 89 17:18:38 GMT
References: <4038@omepd.UUCP> <18200003@ugun21>
Organization: AT&T BL Holmdel NJ USA
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In article <18200003@ugun21>, loschner@ugun21.UUCP writes:
> 
> begin 600 vi.arc
> M&@A622Y%6$4 )24E)24EPI0  #<2RV10(&C#   ,3;2@"2 &@"@ 0 "T$?#Ox
> ......
> K$+('D  !:P 3$ $*T  !"P$3L  !R[$! 0!]$  SNPY\H 2 , 4YN[,:   .x
>  x
> end
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I downloaded this to my PC and tried it out.  I like it.  It has (when
ANSI.SYS is installed) the basic look and feel of the vi editor as
implemented on UNIX(r) systems.  It's closer to the "real" vi than
another version I tried before.  But I have a problem using it.

I get files on my PC with literal backspace characters embedded in
them.  I want to use vi to search and replace these backspace
characters.  In vi on a UNIX(r) system, I can create a regular
expression with a backspace in it by typing either backslash backspace
or CTRL-V backspace.  In this version of vi on the PC, neither of
these methods works.  I have also tried backslash octal and ALT-keypad
with no success.

Somewhere in the chain of replies to my request, I fully expect someone
to read a partial quotation from it and tell me to use a backslash or a
CTRL-V before the backspace.  I know that works on UNIX(r) systems and
doesn't work on this version of vi on a PC.  Does anyone know how to
create a regular expression containing a backspace in this PC version?

M. B. Brilliant					Marty
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