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From: sanjoy@umbc.edu (Sanjoy)
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art.animation
Subject: Re: [Question] Editor for Animations
Date: 20 Nov 1994 12:32:48 -0500
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In article <1994Nov17.184606.22608@njitgw.njit.edu>,
Barry Clark <bjc1689@hertz.njit.edu> wrote:
>Ok, what do you guys use to make animations?  I tried the "vi" editor in 
>UNIX and "pico" (the editor for PINE) but I don't know how to place the 
>escape characters (^[) in the file.  Please help me.  Could anyone please 
>suggest a better editor I could use to make animations?
>
>Barry Clark
>E-Mail: bjc1689@hertz.njit.edu

Barry, you can use "vi" to put those control characters.  First you have to 
type ctrl-v and then the ctrl-char you want.  

For example: To get ^[  (ctrl-[ or the ESC char)
             You must type ctrl-v and press ESC
             Another alternative is type ctrl-v followed by ctrl-[

ps: you have to be in the insert/append mode of vi

Hope this helps

Sanjoy