so, shouldn't it be "this allows the use of printable characters for unprintable characters". i mean, with printable characters per se (like normal dd), there wasn't any problem to begin with.
but i know it is just a minor correction to make that paragraph more easy to understand thanks for your reply. Stahlman Family wrote: > > > > aleCodd wrote: >> instead of 'printable' it should be 'unprintable'. > > No. 'Printable' is correct. It is saying that without :execute, you > would need to type... > > :normal CTRL-W CTRL-W > > ...where each CTRL-W represents a single Control character typed at the > keyboard. The :execute command lets you use the "\<C-W>" syntax in a > double-quoted string, and thereby avoid typing control characters. > > :help expr-quote > > Brett Stahlman > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/error-in-the-help-files-%28various.txt-line-193%29-tp28864445p28864944.html Sent from the Vim - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
