On Thursday 16 June 2005 03:30 pm, Stewart Stremler wrote: > begin quoting Stewart Stremler as of Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 03:04:10PM > -0700: [snip] > > > Wouldn't "%s/^V_/ /g" work, where _ is the actual value of that > > character, typed in the way you'd generate they character on the > > keyboard normally? (e.g. some sort of alt-keypad entry) > > Close. > > If you're using vi, try "control-V ###", where ### is the _decimal_ > value of the character you wish to substitute. It doesn't work on > _everything_... my tests indicate that it works for most of the ASCII > characters. ANSI/UTF-8 not so sure. > > -Stewart "I suppose I ought to use an ANSI-capable terminal" Stremler
Ok! ctrl-v 160 worked! Thanx, boblq -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
