Steve Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ecureserver.net:
> From: ben lieb, Fri, February 09, 2007 11:58 am >> >> I asked this question before, but it wasn't really resolved. I often >> have to paste from Word for Windows into vim/gvim (cygwin). >> >> Some characters don't transfer properly. Most annoyingly is that a >> single quote ( ' ) turns into this: ¿ >> >> Is there an easy way around this? > > It could just be a font issue, make sure your gvim font supports > non-ASCII characters. (I find Courier New or Andale Mono provide > extensive support.) > Hi I use map! <f9> <ESC>:let @* = substitute(@*,'[^[:print:]]',' ','g')<cr>"*p map <f9> :let @* = substitute(@*,'[^[:print:]]',' ','g')<cr>"*p Which filters most but not all the crud BTW if anyone knows how to add extra characters to the filter '[^ [:print:]]' please let me know -- zzapper http://successtheory.com/tips/ Vim, Zsh, MySQL Tips