A.J.Mechelynck wrote:
> The following assumes that you have a version of gvim.exe with the
> Unicode capabilities compiled-in, i.e., ":echo has('multi_byte') "
> returns 1. (If it returns zero you need a different executable.)
I am using the version available on the Vim web site, which has
multi-byte compiled in. I also tested with the command you mentioned and
it returns the value 1.
> I have tried a third-party font called "Code 2000" in the past: it has
> glyphs for the whole BMP (U+0000 to U+FFFF) IIUC, or at least for
> those codepoints where characters are defined; but they are ugly; and
> I don't think it is Vim-compatible anyway. If you still want to try it
> out, I guess Google is your friend.
Unfortunately you are right, it's not Vim-compatible :( It does not
appear in the list of fonts I can choose from. As a matter of fact, I
downloaded Vim 6.4 and for some reason I see more choices in Vim 6.4
than I see in Vim 7.0 on the same computer. Any idea why?
The problem with your proposed mappings is that I absolutely need to see
all languages at once. The most important part of my job for which I
wanted to use VIM was the ability to see differences between two files,
including differences between characters. For example, I have two files
like this:
English text;
French translation,
Greek translation,
Russian translation,
Chinese translation,
Japanese translation,
Arabic translation;
If the Arabic translation has even one character different, I would like
to spot it right away and the same goes for all languages; here, Vim's
diff functionality would greatly help, but if I can't see the graphical
difference, I may disregard it as a glitch in Vim's colouring. The other
problem is I sometimes need to verify the characters with the ones
displayed in another program (i.e. in a web page displayed by my browser
or an application) where I can change between translations in a second.
Mapping different characters, while probably a good solution, would
simply slow down my work.
But thank you for your answer and instructions on how to accomplish all
that, it's much appreciated.
