ZephyrQ, 2002-Nov-25 23:11 -0600: > > Thank you to all who sent options. I tried various commands, including > the 'cat' command piped to 'tr'. This gave me what I asked for--though > a little sloppy. > > I wish a word processor would make it easier to find/replace such > characters--just like Word Perfect used to (I assume they still do, but > I haven't used it since ver. 6)--this made reformatting a breeze and > allowed me to be creative with some of my macros. Unfortunately, I do > *not* see any of the current WYSIWYG linux offerings doing the > same...emacs and vi(m) apparently can get the job done, but they both > require more expertise than I was able to learn in the time I had. > > Again, thanx to all!
Just an FYI...check out this thread which has some suggestions on using vim and emacs to search and replace special characters. http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2002/debian-user-200207/msg04641.html jc -- Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer Diggin' Debian Admin and User -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
