Entering Unicode Characters in VIM
10 Feb 2013Introduction
Just a quick tip sheet on how to enter unicode characters into a text page when using vim. From time to time I’ve needed characters listed up here just to give my applications that little extra touch.
Entering characters by code
| Entry | Code |
|---|---|
| Enter a character by its decimal value | ^Vnnn |
| Enter a character by its octal value | ^Vonnn |
| Enter a character by its hex value | ^Vxnn |
| Enter a character by its hex value for BMP unicode codepoints | ^Vunnnn |
| Enter a character by its hex value for any unicode codepoint | ^VUnnnnnnnn |
In all of these examples, the n’s are the code and ^V means Control-V.
That’s it!