On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:46:53 +0000 (), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to insert specific special characters in the vim editor?
> I want to make use of the Cent symbol, which I think is character 0242. I
> have seen it in mail to me, xterm and vim can display it, but I couldn't find
> any key on my keyboard which would generate it.
There are two ways.
While in insert mode type: <Ctrl-v>162, or <Ctrl-k>c|.
This last example uses digraphs. You can see the list of digraphs avaiable and
what keystrokes generate them by viewing /usr/share/vim/vim_digraph.txt.
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