In Vim I can search the character ” (decimal 8221) and replace it by " using:
:%s/\%d8221/"/g
How can I do this in emacs? I've tried this using evil mode but it doesn't worked.
First, find the hex number that corresponds to that decimal number. You can easily find it by typing M-: and entering the number. It shows this in the mode line:
8221 (#o20035, #x201d, ?”)
Note the part after #x, in this case 201d.
Then, type M-% to start a search-and-replace. For the search string, type C-x 8 RET, and then the hex number. That will insert the corresponding Unicode character into the search string. Then, hit RET to move on to the replacement string, entering " there.
Related
Let's to create target file to operate with.
python3
>>> mfile = open("f:/test.txt","wb")
>>> mfile.write(b'\xe3\x80\x80')
3
>>> mfile.close()
Now to open f:/test.txt with xxd,you will see three bytes \xe3\x80\x80 in it,our target file encoding with utf-8 contains three bytes \xe3\x80\x80.
python3
b'\xe3\x80\x80'.decode('utf-8')
'\u3000'
It means that the unicode of three bytes in test.txt encoding with utf-8 is 3000.
:s/\%u3000/ /g
s/\%u3000/ /g can replace bytes \xe3\x80\x80 with byte \x20 in vim.
Issue remains still here.
:s/\%u3000/\%u20/g
:s/\%u3000/\%x20/g
:s/\%u3000/\x20/g
All the three formats above here can't work,why \xe3\x80\x80 can be expressed by \%u3000 in vim, (white blank) can't be expressed by \%u20 or \%x20 or \x20 ?
can express \x20, white blank is printable character,what's more, i want to replace the three bytes \xe3\x80\x80 with latin-1's nbsp?
The nbsp in latin-1 encoding means Non-breaking space which is NON PRINTABLE CHARACTERS,how to write the expression in vim?
:s/\%u3000/\%ua0/g
:s/\%u3000/\%xa0/g
:s/\%u3000/\xa0/g
None of them can work for the case.
You can type the \xe3\x80\x80 or u3000 character by pressing ctrl+v then u and then the 4 Unicode characters, in your case 3000 (check :help i_CTRL-V_digit ), since is a black character you will see nothing but just a space, you could type :set list to see all the places where you have that character or in any case add this to your .vimrc
set listchars=tab:▸\ ,eol:¬,trail:·,extends:#,nbsp:.
Now in the same way you enter the character, you could try to replace it within the command line, but in this case to be available to enter the ctrl+v you could try using the command-line window (:help cedit).
Go to command mode and after having the : press ctrl+f it will open the command-line window in where you could go into insert mode and type: %s/ctrl+vu3000/ /g and when done press enter to apply command.
Give a try first before entering the command-line window, since when using ctrl+v it may work, not like when using ctrl+k (http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Entering_special_characters)
In the image instead of replacing with a white space / /, Is replacing with ---- just to visually see the changes.
1.How to input non printable characters when to edit a file in vim?
In the insert mode:
1.ctrl+v (ctrl+q if ctrl+v call paste from regitor)
2.input u
3.input the unicode value of non printable characters
4.input enter key
2.How to input non printable characters in substitute command of vim's ex mode?
For example, to replace all bytes \xe3\x80\x80 with \xa0,all byte's encoding is utf-8.
1. get the byte's unicode value
`\xe3\x80\x80`'s unicode value is `3000`,
`\xa0`'s unicode value is `a0`.
2.press `:` into ex mode.
3.:s/\%u3000/
4:ctrl+v ua0
do not input enter as above process
5.go on to input `/g`.
6.press enter.
I've a file with has a invalid character, I want to learn how to search for those kind of characters. Please check image, is what appear after ..get Ale
I've checked with an heximal editor and the value is
f480 8080 0d
I tried with /[^[:alnum:][:punct:][:space:]] with it also returns spaces, dashes etc.
I am not quite sure what you mean by "invalid character," but if what you want is to search for non-printable characters, type:
/[^[:print:]]
If you want to search for ASCII hex 0d, type: /[\u000d] or /^Vx0d where "^V" means [Ctrl]-V (type V while holding the "Control" key pressed).
Check this link for more info: How do I replace or find non-printable characters in vim regex?
I've got a file with a load of weird characters with in it that I need to get rid of.
Using ga on the character reveals it has the following encodings:
ﾣ> 65443, Hex ffa3, Octal 177643
But I can't seem to find it using :%s/\%xffa3//g. What am I doing wrong?
Look at :help \%x:
\%x2a Matches the character specified with up to two hexadecimal characters.
So Vim is actually matching the three characters <uf>a3. Since you have a four-digit hex number, you need to use \%u:
:%s/\%uffa3//g
Alternatives
You can also insert the character directly into the command line via :help i_CTRL-V_digit (i.e. <C-v>uffa3), but if you already have instances of that character in your buffer (and near your cursor!), I'd just yank that char with yl and insert it in the command-line via <C-r>".
How do I enter Unicode characters like 𝓭 without copying it to the clipboard and pasting it?
Things I know:
The command ga on the character 𝓭 gives me hex:0001d4ed.
I can copy it on the clipboard and paste it via "+p.
I know how to enter Unicode values that have a 4 digit hex code:
<C-v>u for example <C-v>u03b1 gives the α character.
You can use <C-v>U, that is, an uppercase u, to input an 8 digit hex codepoint character.
More information here and here.
There is a Vim feature designed to simplify entering characters that
cannot be typed directly. It is called Digraphs (see :help digraphs).
To define a custom digraph for entering ‘𝓭’, use an Ex command similar
to the one below.
:dig dd 120045
where 120045 is the decimal representation of ‘𝓭’, as one can easily
confirm using the ga command.
Inserting a character using a digraph is simple:
Type Ctrl+K followed by the shortcut of that
digraph (dd for the above example).
There exists a Unicode plugin for Vim. According to the plugin description, this plugin has three main features:
Character/digraph completion using either the Unicode name or the codepoint.
Identify the character/digraph under the cursor.
Search for digraphs by name; transform two normal characters into their corresponding digraph.
I have a file with some accents, and VIM displays them as "~V" characters. The "od -bc" command tells me the characters are charcode 226. I want to substitute them using VIM. But I can't get it to match the characters. How can I achieve that?
Optional question: how can I have VIM tell me which charset is used to interpret the current file?
You can use the following formats, from vim's manual on patterns and regular expressions:
ordinary atom
magic nomagic matches
\%d \%d match specified decimal character (eg \%d123
\%x \%x match specified hex character (eg \%x2a)
\%o \%o match specified octal character (eg \%o040)
\%u \%u match specified multibyte character (eg \%u20ac)
\%U \%U match specified large multibyte character (eg \%U12345678)
So you should be able to do something like this to replace char 226 with a space globally in the file:
:%s/\%d226/ /g
As for the latter, if you do:
:set encoding
You'll see output like:
encoding=latin1
One very simple way to deal with such "weird" characters is:
select the offending character(s) visually (v)
yank it to buffer
replace it with: :%s/<ctrl-r>"/something-else/g
where <ctrl-r> is pressing ctrl and letter r - together with " it will copy buffer to command line - effectively putting your offending characters inside of s/// operation.