For characters I could not properly insert in the command line (had issues with both line breaks in certain situations and with the (C) copyright symbol), I created a Template on my Wiki which included just that character, and used {{subst:TemplateName}}, where TemplateName was something I could easily type in the command line (e.g. {{subst:\n}} and {{subst:(C)}}). You could try creating a Template:ExMark which has just a ! in it (and <noinclude> bits for documentation and categorization), and then use {{subst:ExMark}}.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Chris Watkins" chriswaterguy@appropedia.org To: "Pywikipedia discussion list" pywikipedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:12:23 -0600 Subject: Re: [Pywikipedia-l] How do I insert an "!" (exclamation mark)? Thanks, Nicolas - it worked perfectly.
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 20:37, Nicolas Dumazet nicdumz@gmail.com wrote:
haha =)
An exclamation mark has a special meaning for some terminals, related to command history. If I'm right, the command "!n" where n is an integer repeats the n-th last command; and "blabla!<tab> looks for older commands matching blabla.
Anyway. I had the same problem. The only workaround I found was to disable the history search features in bash : Add : set +o histexpand at the bottom of ~/.bashrc, source ~/.bashrc and your problem should be fixed.
Does anyone has a better workaround ?
2008/11/25 Chris Watkins chriswaterguy@appropedia.org:
When I used replace.py and tried to use an "!" in the replace text, it replaced it with a weird string of text (actually part of a replace
command
I ran weeks ago).
I've been able to fix everything except getting the ! where it should be.
If I run: python replace.py -cat:"The Transition Handbook" "-- Please do not remove
"
"!-- Please do not remove "
...t doesn't change anything.
If I try a backslash before the exclamation mark, "!", it prompts to
insert
it including the backslash.
How do I just insert a "!"? I tried looking online but found nothing.
Thanks Chris
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