Tim: Thanks very much. That was a big help.
knute... >> I've got a text file that has lines delimited by <CTRL>B and <CTRL>C. >> How do I search and/or replace control characters? > > >Depends on whether you want to replace all of them with the same >thing: > > :%s/[[:cntrl:]]/XXX/g > >Or, if you want to treat them specifically, you can use their >hex-values like: > > :%s/\%x02/"control+b"/g > :%s/\%x01/"control+a"/g > >Alternatively, you can insert them into your search criteria by >prefixing them with control+V, so you'd enter "colon percent ess ><divider> control+V control+A <divider> replacement text ><divider> gee" which would come out looking like > > :%s/^A/replacement text/g > >where the "^A" is highlighted as a control-character. > >More info can be found at: > > :help [:cntrl:] > :help /\%x > :help c_cntrl-v > >(note the caveats that control+V may be remapped to control+Q if >you've sourced mswin.vim) > >Hope this helps, > >-tim > > > > > > > -- Knute Johnson Molon Labe...
