[vox-tech] a vim question (and german)

[Charles Polisher]

On Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 01:24:06PM -0700, Mark K. Kim wrote:
> Depends.  If you want to use UTF-8 to type it,
> 
>    :set encoding=utf8
>    i (for insert mode)
>    Ctrl-V u <4-digit hex number>
> 
> The 4-digit hex number is unicode, I think.  You'll need to look up the
> number.  The codes are available at unicode.org.
> 
> If this document is for a program like LaTeX, then you'd use the normal
> backslash codes, like \"o for o with two dots on top, IIRC.
> 
> -Mark
> 
> On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> 
> >
> > i have vim open in an xterm right this second, and want an umlat in my
> > document.
> >
> > what should i type?

Also look at gcharmap? It's part of the gnome-utils package. 


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