On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 17:06:03 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , Ken Blake
writes:
On Sun, 8 Oct 2017 10:17:22 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , harry newton
writes:
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The problem is that my text editor (Gvim) isn't handling the dastardly
characters, so all I want to do is get rid of any character that any normal
text editor can't/won't/doesn't handle.
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Of course, some would (and will) say why are you using a text editor
(probably inserting the word "still", to imply you're a dinosaur),



Using a text editor doesn't mean you're a dinosaur. Some of us
occasionally do things like create/modify .bat files.

I said _some_ would say. I'm not one of them (-:



Yes, I know. I understood that. I was merely commenting on the views
of any of the "some" who would say that.