[PLUG] stupid circumflex a from M$ Word cut-and-paste into vi

m0gely m0gely at gmail.com
Tue Dec 2 05:16:32 UTC 2008


wes wrote:
> Others have explained the issue. I would like to suggest one other
> workaround: paste into notepad on your windows machine first, then copy
> again and paste into vi. This should remove any "special" formatting or
> characters in the copied block.

Apostrophes are weird though. Word uses a slanted -> ’ <- version, and 
this doesn't cross over well onto a *nix system. I end up having to 
search/replace them before pasting.

-- 
- m0gely



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