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Old 03-23-2006
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insert escape charactor within VIM
Hi,
I need to send "^[" command to the buffer.
I tried to use insert within VIM and press 'ctrl' key and then '^' and '[' key.
but it didn't work.

Does anyone know how to do it?

Thanks a lot!
Julie
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'ctrl' + 'v' + '['
(with 'ctrl' being pressed)
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ctrl -v -[
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