Sorry to answer so late. I use (g)vim to write my papers and books, with a lot of quotations from ancient Greek. It works like a charm!
Steps: * make sure to set encoding to utf8 * see if you have a keymap called (exactly) greek_utf-8.vim. In my system (Linux Mandriva) it is /usr/share/vim/keymap/greek_utf-8.vim * issue the command :set keymap=greek_utf-8 * type greek. Toggling from your basic keyboard to Greek and back is done hitting ctrl^. The mapping is described in the keymap file; e.g. type >a to get alpha with dasia (ἀ). Important: use a font with a decently complete set of chars. In Linux you should be able to use Gentium, I believe, but personaly I prefer a fixed font and use "Bitstream\ Vera\ Sans\ Mono" with excellent results. If you use also LaTeX set inputenc to utf8x (not simply utf8). HTH, gm PS sent as CC to A.J.Mechelynck who may be interested. ------- Guido Milanese http://docenti.unicatt.it/milanese_guido http://www.arsantiqua.org
