On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 07:40, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I know this is a simple one but it's foxed me.
> 
> How do I enter non-printable chars as a search string?
> 
> If I cut/paste some emails into gvim I get lots of blue 'pipe' symbols 
> embedded in the text. If I do :ascii I get the following:
> 
> <| >  <M- >  160,  Hex a0,  Octal 240  
> 
> However, I can't seem to be able to enter this as a search text (using '/' or 
> '?' followed by text).  
> 
> 

use ctl-V hexvalue

to search fo a0:
/ctl-Vxa0


HTH

Bret


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