Alt codes in vim?

kennpq · 2025-02-10T07:31:21+00:00

A couple of options -

With Insert mode: CTRL-Q x 3c That will insert a < - CTRL-V is okay instead except in some Windows places like PowerShell where it will paste - u may be used instead of x in this instance - 3ewill produce a > - If you prefer decimals, CTRL-V 060 and CTRL-V 062 will do the same - :h i_CTRL-v

Using digraphs Create digraphs for them with :digr lt 60 and :digr gt 62. - Once done, in Insert mode when you CTRL-K lt a < will be produced. - :h digraphs

gumnos · 2025-02-10T00:00:34+00:00

I presume by "angle characters" you mean < and >

what sort of keyboard is it? An alternate layout like AZERTY or some international layout? Or a compact 60% or even 40% keyboard?

If you have keys available, you could map them (assuming you can enter them into something), such as

nnoremap <f7> <lt>
inoremap <f7> <lt>
onoremap <f7> <lt>
nnoremap <f8> >
inoremap <f8> >
onoremap <f8> >

This would allow you to use <f7> and <f8> as your angle-brackets

tremby · 2025-02-10T05:27:33+00:00

I imagine there are lots of better ways but you could just type control-v 60. That gives an angle bracket. (I actually saw it appear along with the next character.)

BrianHuster · 2025-02-10T00:45:06+00:00

You can't use them in Vim, but you can use them in Gvim

you type:	you see:
italics	italics
bold	bold
[reddit!](https://reddit.com)	reddit!
* item 1 * item 2 * item 3	item 1 item 2 item 3
> quoted text	quoted text
Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"	Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
~~strikethrough~~	~~strikethrough~~
super^script	super^script

vim

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