From 7961ce324a8bc0472e4b6d982fc3d7e01146cc1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryan Newbold Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 16:04:03 -0800 Subject: vim: digraphs! --- software/vim.page | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) (limited to 'software') diff --git a/software/vim.page b/software/vim.page index a4ff789..9fd4fb3 100644 --- a/software/vim.page +++ b/software/vim.page @@ -103,3 +103,17 @@ Links to more... ------------------ - `vim anti-patterns `_ + +Digraphs +------------ + +Digraphs are a simple mechanism for entering certin special characters (like τ, +ā, etc) on a boring English/USA keyboard. RFC1345 defines a mapping between +two-character digraph sequences and characters; these can be entered in vim +from insert mode using C-k followed by the two characters. For example, while +inserting, type `C-k t *` to get `τ`. In contemporary vim this comes though as +the correct UTF-8 encoding. + +For a long listing of characters, look at `help digraphs-default`, or this list +of math-y characters: http://www.alecjacobson.com/weblog/?p=443 + -- cgit v1.2.3