Mitch Wiedemann wrote: > Hi all, > > I use VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0 (2006 May 7, compiled Feb 23 2007 22:17:23) > to write mainly XHTML/PHP and I sometimes have to get content from word > processed documents and paste it into Vim for HTML markup. This usually > results in having non-visually detectable characters (which I assume are > high ASCII) which display strangely on the Web. > > Is there a way I can have my Vim highlight these characters so I can see > them and replace them with their HTML counterparts? > > I've searched Google, the Vim e-mail archive, and I've helped Ugandan > children :), but I'm no closer to the answer. > > Any hints? >
I've added two new maps to my ~/.vimrc " maps to quickly find Unicode characters within the document map ,uni :match Error /[\x7f-\xff]/<CR> map ,uni2 /[^ -~]<CR> I've found both methods useful, one just highlights (allowing me to /find other stuff) and one highlights via /find. Neat. Thanks again for the help.
