Re: How to search in digraphs?

On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 02:13:32AM EDT, Boyko Bantchev wrote:

> The Euro sign is not the only difference between rfc1345 and the
> output of :digraphs.

It's the only exception listed in the documentation.

> I cannot tell what all of them are, but, e.g., the already mentioned
> /\ is known to Vim but is not in the rfc. Perhaps, as well, Vim misses
> some definitions that the rfc has.

The standard mnemonic for '×' is '*X'. I have no idea where the '/\'
came into the picture, but it looks like some non-standard Vim-ism that
may be there for historical reasons. After all when you run the :dig
command, it's listed with a bunch of others out of code point sequence
right near the end of the listing while the '*X' rfc1345 mnemonic is
listed near the beginning where it belongs, between code point '214' and
'216'. Seems to be the same for the other mnemonics that appear right at
the end of the listing such as '11' -> '¹'...'22' -> '²'...

My guess is that they predate the RFC (or rather the integration of the
RFC's mnemonics to Vim) and were kept as aliases so that users who had
grown accustomed to them wouldn't have to add them back manually.

CJ

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