Matthew Ozor on 11 Jun 2004 13:15:03 -0000


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[PLUG] Re: VIM and ASCII


I found out how to do it :-)

While in "-INSERT-" mode press:

CTRL-V x##

Were ## is you enter the HEX value for the extended
ASCII code.


Now will someone please help me find the spacebar :-)


--- Matthew Ozor <mtozor@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I guess what I should of asked is how to enter
> "Extended ASCII Codes",  codes > 127. I want to
> create
> some ASCII art for IRC scripts, console programs
> ect... Back in the DOS days you could enter them by
> pressing ATL and entering the decimal value.:
> 
> ALT-141 would give you ì
> 
> How can I type them in VIM... Thank :-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Jeff Weisberg <jaw+plug@tcp4me.com> wrote:
> > 
> > | Im using VIM over SSH and was wondering how do I
> > type
> > | ASCII symbols in "INSERT" mode?
> > 
> > "ASCII symbols" are things like "!@#$%^&*()"
> > and are usually found on your keyboard;
> > look above the numbers and to the right of m,l,p
> > 
> > 
> > | example:
> > | Something like this
> %G����ᬼ���%@
> > 
> > I have no idea what the above is supposed to be,
> but
> > it is certainly *not* ASCII.
> > 
> > Are you perhaps looking for a way to enter text in
> > iso-8859-* or unicode?
> > 
> > 
> > 	--jeff
> >
>
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