[techtalk] Making vi show control characters?

[Amanda Babcock]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 02:17:07PM +1100, jenn at simegen.com wrote:

> Amanda Babcock wrote:
> > Does anybody know how to make vi pass control characters through instead
> > of showing them as hex numbers?
> 
> IIRC, type ^V before the character. (EG: ^V^C)
> 
> Save before you try this...

Actually, I meant how to make it *show* characters that are already in
the file.  Mine insists upon escaping them, showing them as a number 
preceded by a backslash.  I ended up using Emacs instead, when I found 
out that version 20 has internationalization built in from the ground up.

Thanks,
Amanda