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# Executing special keys
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Vim's `:exe[cute]` will read special keys when they're escaped in double quotes:
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```vim
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exe "normal! i\<C-v>u049c\<C-v>u03b1\<C-v>u03c4\<C-v>u212f!\<ESC>"
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" Writes Ҝατℯ
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```
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You can use this to quickly script difficult macros, like the one above
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```
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:exe "normal! i\<C-v>u049c\<C-v>u03b1\<C-v>u03c4\<C-v>u212f!\<ESC>"<CR>
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```
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# Effective Unicode in vim
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```
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Demo unicodes: │┌┴─┐
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```
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Use `ga` in vim to display encoding information about the character under the
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cursor. We'll use the hex value. In insert mode use `<C-v>u` followed by the hex
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number to type in Unicode literally. The above can be written with
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```
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:normal! i<C-v>u2502<C-v>u250c<C-v>u2500<C-v>u2510<ESC>
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```
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