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-*various.txt* For Vim version 8.0. Last change: 2018 Feb 25
+*various.txt* For Vim version 8.0. Last change: 2018 Feb 27
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -40,23 +40,35 @@ CTRL-L Clear and redraw the screen. The redraw may happen
:as[cii] or *ga* *:as* *:ascii*
ga Print the ascii value of the character under the
- cursor in decimal, hexadecimal and octal. For
- example, when the cursor is on a 'R':
+ cursor in decimal, hexadecimal and octal.
+ Mnemonic: Get Ascii value.
+
+ For example, when the cursor is on a 'R':
<R> 82, Hex 52, Octal 122 ~
When the character is a non-standard ASCII character,
but printable according to the 'isprint' option, the
- non-printable version is also given. When the
- character is larger than 127, the <M-x> form is also
- printed. For example:
+ non-printable version is also given.
+
+ When the character is larger than 127, the <M-x> form
+ is also printed. For example:
<~A> <M-^A> 129, Hex 81, Octal 201 ~
<p> <|~> <M-~> 254, Hex fe, Octal 376 ~
(where <p> is a special character)
+
The <Nul> character in a file is stored internally as
<NL>, but it will be shown as:
<^@> 0, Hex 00, Octal 000 ~
+
If the character has composing characters these are
also shown. The value of 'maxcombine' doesn't matter.
- Mnemonic: Get Ascii value. {not in Vi}
+
+ If the character can be inserted as a digraph, also
+ output the two characters that can be used to create
+ the character:
+ <ö> 246, Hex 00f6, Oct 366, Digr o: ~
+ This shows you can type CTRL-K o : to insert ö.
+
+ {not in Vi}
*g8*
g8 Print the hex values of the bytes used in the