Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!steve From: steve@geac.UUCP (Steve Lane) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: vi gobbles 8th bit Message-ID: <3160@geac.UUCP> Date: 16 Aug 88 19:10:58 GMT Article-I.D.: geac.3160 Reply-To: steve@geac.UUCP (Steve Lane) Distribution: comp.unix.questions Organization: Software Solutions Lines: 23 I have been using vi for years, and was glad to see that MKS provided it for MS-DOS when I had to do an IBM PC-AT application recently. However, I needed to edit files containing 8-bit characters, in order to draw fancy boxes etc. When I edited these files with vi, it noted that I had 264 non-ascii characters, but chopped them to 7 bits before saving the changed file. Is there any option in vi that maintains 8-bit data on exit that anyone is aware of? It obviously recognizes that they're there! And I doubt whether this "feature" is particular to MKS. Any help would be appreciated (other than suggestions to RTFM which happens to be 20 miles away). I'd prefer to stay with vi if possible -- it has served me well in the past. Steve. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Steve Lane, UUCP: ...[yunexus, utgpu]!geac!steve Software Solutions (416) 221-2830 108-755 Steeles Ave W, Willowdale, Ontario, M2R 2S6.