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To enter "special" characters such as the Euro symbols or copyright symbol, or diacritic marks such as the German umlaut or accent grâve <tt>digraphs</tt> can be used.
To enter German umlauts, or other accented characters not available on your keyboard, use ''digraphs''.
 
   
For example, in insert mode type
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Digraphs work by entering pressing CTRL-K and a two letter combination, for example, in insert mode type:
 
<pre>
 
<pre>
 
CTRL-K a:
 
CTRL-K a:
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You can also set the digraph option:
 
You can also set the digraph option:
:set digraph (or :set dg)
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tt>>:set digraph</tt> (or <tt>:set dg</tt>)
   
 
With the digraph option set you can enter
 
With the digraph option set you can enter
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to give the same result.
 
to give the same result.
   
To list the currently defined digraphs type
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To list the currently defined digraphs type:
:dig[raphs]
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<tt>:dig[raphs]</tt>
   
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Here is a small example output of the <tt>:digraphs</tt> command:
==References==
 
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<pre>
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Ct ¢ 162 Pd £ 163 Cu ¤ 164 Ye ¥ 165
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e! è 232 e' é 233 e> ê 234 e: ë 235
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</pre>
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The first two characters in each column are the characters you have to type to
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enter the digraph.<br />
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In the middle of each column is the resulting character.<br />
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The decimal number normally is the Unicode number of the character.
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==See also==
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*{{help|digraph-table}}
 
*{{help|digraph.txt}}
 
*{{help|digraph.txt}}
 
*{{help|digraphs-changed}} Vim 6.0 and later use the [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1345.txt RFC1345] mnemonics.
 
*{{help|digraphs-changed}} Vim 6.0 and later use the [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1345.txt RFC1345] mnemonics.
   
 
==Comments==
 
==Comments==
'''TODO''' Rename tip - it's about accented characters and digraphs.
 
 
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A little supplement:
 
 
The German umlauts are &auml;/&Auml;, &ouml;/&Ouml;, &uuml;/&Uuml;, and moreover there is '&szlig;'.
 
 
In insert mode, these are CTRL-K plus:
 
a: A:
 
o: O:
 
u: U:
 
ss
 
 
====German examples====
 
#&Auml;hnlich = similar
 
#R&ouml;hre = tube
 
#m&uuml;de = tired
 
#Stra&szlig;e = street
 
 
====French examples====
 
#Ren&eacute; - popular first name
 
#Caf&eacute; - coffee house
 
#Amp&egrave;re - French physicist, 1775 - 1836
 
 
The 'e' with a hat (&ecirc;) is not German, it's French.
 
 
&oslash;l in Danish is beer.
 
 
Joachim Hofmann (Schuttberg)
 
   
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[[Category:Encoding]]
 
[[Category:Encoding]]

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created March 15, 2001 · complexity basic · author Anonymous · version 5.7


To enter "special" characters such as the Euro symbols or copyright symbol, or diacritic marks such as the German umlaut or accent grâve digraphs can be used.

Digraphs work by entering pressing CTRL-K and a two letter combination, for example, in insert mode type:

 CTRL-K a:
 CTRL-K e>

to give ä and ê.

You can also set the digraph option: tt>>:set digraph (or :set dg)

With the digraph option set you can enter

 a <BS> :
 e <BS> >

to give the same result.

To list the currently defined digraphs type: :dig[raphs]

Here is a small example output of the :digraphs command:

Ct ¢  162    Pd £  163    Cu ¤  164    Ye ¥  165
e! è  232    e' é  233    e> ê  234    e: ë  235

The first two characters in each column are the characters you have to type to enter the digraph.
In the middle of each column is the resulting character.
The decimal number normally is the Unicode number of the character.

See also

Comments