On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, INKEY$ wrote:
> > 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....)
You are right--I obtain those characters too. I'm out of my depth--I
don't know if this is a function of the software keyboard choices or the
hardware or what? Sorry,
Gordon A. Gallup Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
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