how do you insert ^[ in vi?

Mark Comins mtcomins at aperion.com
Fri May 28 04:50:55 PDT 2004


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Subject: OT: how do you insert ^[ in vi?
 
Howdy! 
Need to write some HPGL and totally forgot how 
to insert ^[ in `vi` ... 
 
Go into insert mode in vi and hit
 
<ctrl><v><esc>
 
The <ctrl><v> tells vi to take the next key as a special control key.
 
Mark
 
 
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