1 files changed, 2 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/editors/vi.c b/editors/vi.c
index eee5e0ed2..e4ba2b2b0 100644
--- a/editors/vi.c
+++ b/editors/vi.c
@@ -1377,21 +1377,14 @@ static void print_literal(char *buf, const char *s)
         char *d;
         unsigned char c;
 
-        buf[0] = '\0';
         if (!s[0])
                 s = "(NULL)";
 
         d = buf;
         for (; *s; s++) {
-                int c_is_no_print;
-
                 c = *s;
-                c_is_no_print = (c & 0x80) && !Isprint(c);
-                if (c_is_no_print) {
-                        strcpy(d, ESC_NORM_TEXT);
-                        d += sizeof(ESC_NORM_TEXT)-1;
-                        c = '.';
-                }
+                if ((c & 0x80) && !Isprint(c))
+                        c = '?';
                 if (c < ' ' || c == 0x7f) {
                         *d++ = '^';
                         c |= '@'; // 0x40
@@ -1400,14 +1393,6 @@ static void print_literal(char *buf, const char *s)
                 }
                 *d++ = c;
                 *d = '\0';
-                if (c_is_no_print) {
-                        strcpy(d, ESC_BOLD_TEXT);
-                        d += sizeof(ESC_BOLD_TEXT)-1;
-                }
-                if (*s == '\n') {
-                        *d++ = '$';
-                        *d = '\0';
-                }
                 if (d - buf > MAX_INPUT_LEN - 10) // paranoia
                         break;
         }