dotfiles/notes/vim/vim_unicode_special_keys.md

Executing special keys

Vim's :exe[cute] will read special keys when they're escaped in double quotes:

exe "normal! i\<C-v>u049c\<C-v>u03b1\<C-v>u03c4\<C-v>u212f!\<ESC>"
" Writes Ҝατℯ

You can use this to quickly script difficult macros, like the one above

:exe "normal! i\<C-v>u049c\<C-v>u03b1\<C-v>u03c4\<C-v>u212f!\<ESC>"<CR>

Effective Unicode in vim

Demo unicodes: │┌┴─┐

Use ga in vim to display encoding information about the character under the cursor. We'll use the hex value. In insert mode use <C-v>u followed by the hex number to type in Unicode literally. The above can be written with

:normal! i<C-v>u2502<C-v>u250c<C-v>u2500<C-v>u2510<ESC>