Hi, as some of you may know, I am maintaining a little unicode plugin https://github.com/chrisbra/unicode.vim
Now I got an issue, that asks if it would be possible to distribute this plugin with Vim, so I am asking here for feedback. Would such a plugin or package be considered generally useful to be distributed with Vim or should I continue to maintain it as separate plugin? Feedback is welcome. Here is the description of the plugin, taken from https://github.com/chrisbra/unicode.vim/blob/master/README.md which also contains a little screencast: This plugin aims to make the handling of unicode and digraphs chars in Vim easier. It serves 3 purposes: Complete Characters Identify Characters Ease the use of Digraphs Complete Characters A custom completion function is available to complete characters using their Unicode name or Codepoint. If a digraph exists for that character, it will be displayed in paranthesis. Press Ctrl-X Ctrl-Z to trigger this completion from insert mode. Also a new custom completion for digraph chars is available. Press Ctrl-X Ctrl-G to trigger this completion. It will display all digraphs, that are reachable from the previous typed letter. Identify Characters The :UnicodeName command can be used to identify the character under the cursor. This works similar to the builtin ga command (in fact, the help also states a possibility to map this command to the ga builtin command), but it also displays the digraph character (if it exists) and the HTML entity. The :SearchUnicode command can be used to search in the unicode character table to search for a certain unicode character with a given name or value. The :UnicodeTable can be used to generate an Unicode table, including HTML entity names and Digraph chars. The UnicodeTable will be nicely syntax highlighted. Ease the use of Digraphs Use the :Digraphs command to search for an digraph with the given name (e.g. :Digraphs copy will display all digraphs that will create a character name which contains copy in its name). You can also search for the decimal value. This plugin also maps the key <F4> that will allow to transform 2 given normal chars into their digraph char. See also the following screencast, that shows several features available: screencast of the plugin Installation Use the plugin manager of your choice. Or download the stable version of the plugin, edit it with Vim (vim unicode-XXX.vmb) and simply source it (:so %). Restart and take a look at the help (:h unicode-plugin) Usage Once installed, take a look at the help at :h unicode-plugin Here is a short overview of the functionality provided by the plugin: Ex commands: :Digraphs - Search for specific digraph char :SearchUnicode - Search for specific unicode char :UnicodeName - Identify character under cursor (like ga command) :UnicodeTable - Print Unicode Table in new window :DownloadUnicode - Download (or update) Unicode data Normal mode commands: <C-X><C-G> - Complete Digraph char <C-X><C-Z> - Complete Unicode char <F4> - Combine characters into digraphs Scripting Functions: unicode#FindUnicodeBy() - Find unicode characters unicode#FindDigraphBy() - Find Digraph char unicode#Digraph() - Returns digraph char unicode#UnicodeName() - Identifies unicode character (by value) License & Copyright © 2009-2014 by Christian Brabandt. The Vim License applies. See :h license NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USE AT-YOUR-OWN-RISK Best, Christian -- Hoffentlich werden wir so alt wie wir aussehen. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
