On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 1:15:36 PM UTC-5, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Paul <paul.domaskis_AT_gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 11:43:01 AM UTC-5, DrChip wrote: > [...] > >> If you happen to be using utf-8, you might want to use \u2502 > >> instead of a |. > > > > Hmmm... That looks way better than the vertical bar on the keyboard. > > Unfortunately, it seems to have compatibility problems when dealing > > with other apps in a cygwin/Xwindows/Windows7 environment. For > > example, it doesn't succesfully transfer into the cut/paste buffer in > > a way that allows to be transferred to Windows (register * or > > register +). It won't paste into this grouples composition window, > > nor into even notepade. However, it successfully transfers into > > those registers for asting within another vim buffer. > > > It's been a long time since I left Windows, but can you set some > Unicode locale in your "local settings"? I think it means "codepage > 10646" or "codepage 106461" — or something equally weird. With that > kind of setting, it ought to be possible for Windows to transfer the > U+2502 codepoint correctly via the clipboard — if both the sender and > the receiver of the data know which clipboard flavour to use. > > Within a single Vim instance, there is no such problem, because Vim > doesn't need the clipboard (registers + and * which are different on > X11 and identical elsewhere); it uses its own registers (usually > register "). As long as you use UTF-8 (or GB18030) as 'encoding', any > Unicode character can be represented in Vim memory and transfered > around by yank/delete/put (which are, of course, the "Vim names" for > copy/cut/paste).
I'd investigate the locale settings if I was really worried about the vertical bars, but it's not a big deal for me. I can live with either. I did superficial things with Windows regional settings (time formats), and to me, it's not really worth delving into, though I appreciate the pointer. There's also the fact that with the cruder looking vertical bars, I'm compatible with the rest of the world. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
