[BUGS] search/replace - cr/lf (with joe)

[jonathan michaels]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:15:23AM +1000, HarryWoodward-Clarke wrote:
> G'day,
> 
> I found - after some google-fu - the following page...
> 
> http://durak.org/sean/pubs/software/joe/
> 
> Part way down it talks about non-printing characters (which is what I  
> googled for) thus...
> 
> [code]
> 
> Control and Meta characters
> 
> Each character is represented by a number. For example, the number for  

etc, etc etc, trimed for brevity

> [/code]
> 
> So, basically it seems if you know the ASCII code for CR/LF, then you  

it used to be hex 10 in teh ms dos world not sure in this frame
of reference ???

> can enter them. Not 100% sure this will happen in the search/replace  
> function, but it should. It does in a 'man's editor' (vi) ;')

well this kiddie tripper like his toys simple real simple
realllly simple, joe is my kind vi ..

and to top it all offf i found a menu hiding option on teh 3rd
last option i wont go into details suffice to say it is
possible to replace a selected text/whatever stream with a
newline chr (\n is teh menu option) eat tehat vi/emacks/et al
.. <grin>

muchly appreciated, thank you all for making this long, hard
road somewhat shorter, less arduous.

thanks guys ... kind regards

jonathan

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