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Old 01-08-2010, 05:22 PM   #1
the4thamigo_uk
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Colon in vi/vim


Hmm seems like such a stupid question but I want to type a ':' chacter into the contents of a file without escaping to normal mode in vi/vim.

How do I do this?
 
Old 01-08-2010, 05:24 PM   #2
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Sorry me being stupid. Ignore this please...
 
  


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