vi gobbles 8th bit

[Mike Schroeder]

In article <3160 at geac.UUCP> steve at geac.UUCP (Steve Lane) writes:
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>Is there any option in vi that maintains 8-bit data on exit that anyone
>is aware of? It obviously recognizes that they're there! And I doubt
>whether this "feature" is particular to MKS.
>

Well, AT&T's SV3.1 vi supports 8-bit character sets (all in
keeping with national language support). 

Must admit I don't know whether you can get it for your machine.

Mike Schroeder			(cochise!mike at pcsbst.UUCP)
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