Re: What character is this?

Hi stosss!

On Mi, 10 Apr 2013, stosss wrote:

> This single character unit is showing up in a text file ^F the cursor only
> stops on the ^ portion of it and never on the F portion. It shows up in the
> middle of words only.
>
> What can I type in the search or search and replace so I can quickly find
> and remove all of them? Searching for ^F or ^ or F doesn't work. pressing
> CTRL f after / brought up the search history.

This is probably ctrl-f. if you want to search for it, you need to
insert it literally, e.g. type Ctrl-V Ctrl-F (see :h i_CTRL-V)

BTW: You can use the unicode.vim plugin, to find the name of a
character. E.g. Put the cursor on the char and enter :UnicodeName

regards,
Christian
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