> In vim in insert mode, type cntrl-V. Then the decimal number of the
> character you want. Actually this will work for everything from 0-255.
> For numbers less than 100 type a '0' or '00' first, as needed. I
> don't have a vanilla vi to see if this is a vim enhancement.
Well, it sort of works. I type cntrl-v and the decimal value of the
character I want. Only problem is that the character I want is not
appearing. I'm using an old qbasic book with an ASCII chart at the back as
my reference, so does *nix use a different organization of characters? (if
so, could you point me to a web reference?) BTW, the character I tried to
put in was the little upper left hand double line box corner (im trying to
make a nice box to put around the quote of the day
when i login) and the resulting one is a capital E with (something, cant
remember) on top of it.
Any help would be appreciated (and dammit, i better not be posting in
html...)
thanks,
INKEY$
