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Subject:
setvar esc char(%33)?
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Tracy Pierce <[log in to unmask]>
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Tracy Pierce <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:00:17 -0800
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I'd like to do "SETVAR <varname> <escapechar>" without explicitly using the
escape character.

I can do
:SETVAR ESC 'kapow'
where 'kapow' = our friend the escape character aka %033 aka 0x1b aka
ascii(27), but I need to do something like
:SETVAR ESC %033
and be able to retrieve it as a character.

The whole idea is to avoid explicit usage of the character in my command
file.


Tracy Pierce

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