On 06:30 12 Feb 2002, rpjday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | specifically, i was looking at his collection of map! settings, | which represent sequences of text or editing command available | while in input mode in vi. | | when i edited his .exrc file, here's how a small subset of | those map! settings are displayed: | | map! ^Z ^[:stop^M | | map! ^V^[OA ^V^[ka | map! ^V^[OB ^V^[ja | | and so on. | | i'm puzzled about the plethora of ^V characters i see displayed. | i realize that ^V is used when i'm *creating* such a file, so that | i can literally add characters such as a CR, the ESC key and so on. | when i tested creating my own small .exrc, i used ^V to add those | special characters, but when i edit my own .exrc, i don't see all | of the ^V characters, and i don't expect to, since they were used | only to facilitate the insertion of *other* characters. | | so my question is, is there a reason tom might have all of these | ^V's embedded in his .exrc file -- some subtle variation of which | i am unaware. my .exrc seems to work fine the way i've built it. | anyone have any hints?
The ^V is also the map quote character. Tom will have typed three ^Vs to get ^V^[ into his macro - two for the ^v and one for the ^[. -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ The mountains will always be there, the trick is to make sure you are too. - Don Whilans This predates Whillans as it is used in the rec.back DW FAQ. There it is attributed to Hervey Voge. It probably predates Hervey. - eugene miya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
