vi with an 8-bit shell

[Karl Heuer]

In article <580 at sbsvax.UUCP> greim at sbsvax.UUCP (Michael Greim) writes:
>>	*up++ = *fp++ | QUOTE;
>That was obvious, of course. What I meant was : "whatever is this
>QUOTE for?", and "will removing it break anything?".

Yes, the QUOTE is there for protecting shell metacharacters.  No, it won't
break anything else.  I recommend that you fix it now, even if you don't have
an 8-bit shell, because it'll save you time and agony later when you do.