X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd588,5ec8ea9685e1ec43 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd588,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-03-13 15:03:40 PST Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art.animation Path: gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!boulder!csn!ub!oswego!mkarjoo From: mkarjoo@Oswego.EDU (Mehrdad Karjoo) Subject: Re: How to enter or Control Keys? Message-ID: <1994Mar13.230340.17347@oswego.Oswego.EDU> Sender: news@oswego.Oswego.EDU Reply-To: mkarjoo@oswego.Oswego.EDU (Mehrdad Karjoo) Organization: Instructional Computing Center, SUNY at Oswego, Oswego, NY References: Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 23:03:40 GMT Lines: 18 To enter an escape character in vi, while in insert mode (that is, after you press i or a to start adding text) press CONTROL V, and that will enter an ESC character. For example, when I want to create a line that is in reverse, I need to have a line like this: ^[[7m This is in reverse ^[[0m To set the control characters, press control-v, then control-left bracket, then press the left bracket by itself, them 7m, any text following this code will be in reverse. Do the same for the end of the line, instead place a 0m to turn off the attributes. -- Mehrdad. ,,, | mkarjoo@oswego.oswego.edu (o o) "The Tazmanian Devil" | mkarjoo@snyoswva.bitnet ---------oOO--(_)--OOo-----------------------------| snybcs!oswego!mkarjoo Senior Operator, ICC, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY 13126 | taz@oswego.oswego.edu