> A related but different issue is getting those characters into the command > line buffer, for example if I want to search for a a string containing > Unicode characters. My abbreviations won't work in that buffer... is there a > way to get them to work? Or what about yanking/putting text between the main > buffer and the command buffer?
One way to insert that character in the command line is to do it the same way one does in the buffer: hold down Ctrl, press v, then type u21d2 You can see the hex values of the characters you're using with the normal command ga. How did you insert the characters in your files to begin with? By copy and paste? You can do the same for the command line; in gvim on Windows I select text, right click, choose copy in the popup menu, then in the command line hit shift-insert to paste. Or to avoid the mouse, yank the text to the + register. With the cursor on the character you want, hit "+yl or v"+y (perhaps there's a way to do that with fewer keystrokes, but I don't know how.) Once it's in the + register you can paste it into the command line (or anywhere else, if you're using Windows) with shift-insert. I can't help you with the first part of your question; I do know one disappointing thing about many of these unicode characters: some kinds of searches, for example with the "*" character won't work on them; that is, if you have "=> sometext", and try to do an "asterisk search" on the "=>", "sometext" will be highlighted instead. I don't know if there's a work around for that. It's really annoying, because I'd like to be able to quickly jump to different parts of a file marked with various unicode bullets and other characters. In your case, perhaps the work around for the "t" and "f" commands would be a mapping for an ordinary search? Perhaps :map \t /=><Cr> I'm in over my head, so others I hope will have better advise. Cheers BC -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
