Re: [vile] mini-buffer question

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 08:44:58PM -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 04, 2015 at 04:30:29PM -0500, Wayne Cuddy wrote:
> > According the help doc ^G toggles the mini-buffer insert mode. If I
> > use ^G then 'h' to move back a few characters followed by (^G or i) to
> > insert a few characters, if the last character that I insert is '\'
> > when I hit ^G to exit insert mode an actual control-G character is
> > inserted into the mini-buffer. As if I'd entered it similar to ^V^G. 
> 
> I see (had not noticed).  I'll take a look for the cause.

hmm - it's inserting ^G because in general vile is using '\' to escape
things such as double-quote (though I see the point that ^V is treated
specially in this regard).

so... should '\' not escape control-characters, or should there be some
other special rule?

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