On 2007-03-19, Mitch Wiedemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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?
One way to do this would be to
:set isprint=
which will tell vim that only the characters in the range 32 - 126
are "printable". Vim will then highlight all the other characters
as SpecialKey. You can then search for these "non-printable"
characters with
/[^[:print:]]
Another, probably better, way would be to simply search for
/[^Vx80-^Vxff]
where ^V means a literal Ctrl-V. That will search for any character
in the range 0x80 - 0xff and will highlight them all with the Search
highlight if 'hlsearch' is set. I think this way is better because
it preserves vim's rendering of the non-ASCII characters, which may
make it easier for you to choose their replacements.
HTH,
Gary
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Gary Johnson | Agilent Technologies
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