Home / server / Questions / 158473
In Process
Hulk
Asked: 2010-07-09 00:52:32 +0800 CST

Languages in vim editor

  • 772

How to insert copy-paste a hindi language word from web pages to vim editor.When i do it now it says "..... . ....." What is the settings that has to be changed in vim editor to do this

Thanks..

linux vim rhel5 vimrc

2 Answers

    1. Make sure the locale is installed on the system (debian/ubuntu: aptitude install locale)
    2. On the shell: setenv LANG
    3. In vim: :language
    4. In vim: :set encoding=utf-8
    5. Try again and tell me if it works

    I also found this while googling: http://raviratlami1.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-write-hindi-in-linux.html

    and thats the vim docu: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/mbyte.html

    • 3

  2. In addition to the points listed by frisbee23, you should also make sure that you're using a UTF8-capable terminal (gnome-terminal, konsole, urxvt, etc), and that the terminal font you've selected supports displaying Hindi characters.

    • 2