Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!limes
From: limes@sun.uucp (Greg Limes)
Newsgroups: comp.editors
Subject: Re: How to put vi into 132 column mode?
Message-ID: <52380@sun.uucp>
Date: 7 May 88 03:07:56 GMT
References: <2151@ut-emx.UUCP>
Reply-To: limes@sun.UUCP (Greg Limes)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View
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Keywords: vi 132 column

In article <2151@ut-emx.UUCP> poole@ut-emx.UUCP (Steve Poole) writes:
>I had trouble getting the Control [ into a file.  Vi wouldn't
>let me just type it in, and typing a \ before typing the
>Control [ didn't work.

Type a "control-V" before the escape (yes, Control-[ is escape); then
it should accept the character. (For you EMACS people, use Control-Q.)
-- 
   Greg Limes [limes@sun.com]			Illigitimi Non Carborundum