Re: replace-string on escaped character

2002-05-14 Thread Gary Turner
On Tue, 14 May 2002 13:46:07 -0400, Colin Walters wrote: >On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 02:25, Gary Turner wrote: snip > >As Dan said, the \222 is one character. You can enter it by typing >"C-q 222 RET"; so "M-% C-q 222 RET RET ' RET" should work. > >See also the node "Inserting Text" in the (Emacs) ma

Re: replace-string on escaped character

2002-05-14 Thread Colin Walters
On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 02:25, Gary Turner wrote: > I'm embarrassed to ask this. I'm guessing there is a simple solution > that I am simply missing. For whatever reason, a text file that I need > to work on renders the apostrophe as \222 in emacs. The file isn't > large, about 3000 words, but the

Re: replace-string on escaped character

2002-05-14 Thread Gary Turner
On Tue, 14 May 2002 07:30:43 +0100, Daniel Barlow wrote: >Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> a text file that I need >> to work on renders the apostrophe as \222 in emacs. The file isn't > >If you cursor over that \222, you find it's actiually a single character. I was lucky enough to

Re: replace-string on escaped character

2002-05-14 Thread Daniel Barlow
Gary Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm embarrassed to ask this. I'm guessing there is a simple solution > that I am simply missing. For whatever reason, a text file that I need > to work on renders the apostrophe as \222 in emacs. The file isn't If you cursor over that \222, you find it

replace-string on escaped character

2002-05-14 Thread Gary Turner
I'm embarrassed to ask this. I'm guessing there is a simple solution that I am simply missing. For whatever reason, a text file that I need to work on renders the apostrophe as \222 in emacs. The file isn't large, about 3000 words, but the writer seems enamored of contractions and possessives.