In my reference the cent symbol is decimal 155. Normally, I can expect to
insert special characters, such as the cent sign, by holding down the Alt
key while typing in the decimal value on the keypad. However, I note that
in VI or VIM editors that doesn't work the way I expected it to.
Furthermor
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:46:53 + (), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone know how to insert specific special characters in the vim editor?
> I want to make use of the Cent symbol, which I think is character 0242. I
> have seen it in mail to me, xterm and vim can display it, but I couldn't
> It's actually ASCII 162, at least in the ISO-8955 Latin-1 Character set
> (don't quote me on that ISO number). I'm not even sure you can insert a
> char via its numeric representation under vim (although I'd be happy to
> stand corrected). You can quote the next char, but that's not quite the
>
>>> I want to make use of the Cent symbol, which I think is character
0242.
>
>David> It's actually ASCII 162
>
>You're both right.
Duh! Octal is going to be the death of me!
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>> I want to make use of the Cent symbol, which I think is character 0242.
David> It's actually ASCII 162
You're both right.
Dave
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>Does anyone know how to insert specific special characters in the vim
editor?
>I want to make use of the Cent symbol, which I think is character 0242.
I
>have seen it in mail to me, xterm and vim can display it, but I
couldn't find
>any key on my keyboard which would generate it.
It's actually A
