an escape character.  Thus you don't leave Insert mode.  (Don't type
the space after CTRL-V, it's only to make this easier to read).

	Note:
	On MS-Windows CTRL-V is used to paste text.  Use CTRL-Q instead of
	CTRL-V.  On Unix, on the other hand, CTRL-Q does not work on some
	terminals, because it has a special meaning.

You can also use the command CTRL-V {digits} to insert a character with the
decimal number {digits}.  For example, the character number 127 is the <Del>
character (but not necessarily the <Del> key!).  To insert <Del> type: >

	CTRL-V 127

You can enter characters up to 255 this way.  When you type fewer than two
digits, a non-digit will terminate the command.  To avoid the need of typing a
non-digit, prepend one or two zeros to make three digits.
   All the next commands insert a <Tab> and then a dot:

	CTRL-V 9.
	CTRL-V 09.
	CTRL-V 009.

To enter a character in hexadecimal, use an "x" after the CTRL-V: >

	CTRL-V x7f

This also goes up to character 255 (CTRL-V xff).  You can use "o" to type a
character as an octal number and two more methods allow you to type up to
a 16 bit and a 32 bit number (e.g., for a Unicode character): >

	CTRL-V o123
	CTRL-V u1234
	CTRL-V U12345678

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*24.9*	Digraphs

Some characters are not on the keyboard.  For example, the copyright character
(©).  To type these characters in Vim, you use digraphs, where two characters
represent one.  To enter a ©, for example, you press three keys: >

	CTRL-K Co

To find out what digraphs are available, use the following command: >

	:digraphs

Vim will display the digraph table.  Here are three lines of it:

  AC ~_ 159  NS |  160  !I ¡  161  Ct ¢  162  Pd £  163  Cu ¤  164  Ye ¥  165 ~
  BB ¦  166  SE §  167  ': ¨  168  Co ©  169  -a ª  170  << «  171  NO ¬  172 ~
  -- ­  173  Rg ®  174  'm ¯  175  DG °  176  +- ±  177  2S ²  178  3S ³  179 ~

This shows, for example, that the digraph you get by typing CTRL-K Pd is the
character (£).  This is character number 163 (decimal).
   Pd is short for Pound.  Most digraphs are selected to give you a hint about
the character they will produce.  If you look through the list you will
understand the logic.
   You can exchange the first and second character, if there is no digraph for
that combination.  Thus CTRL-K dP also works.  Since there is no digraph for
"dP" Vim will also search for a "Pd" digraph.

	Note:
	The digraphs depend on the character set that Vim assumes you are
	using.  Always use ":digraphs" to find out which digraphs are currently
	available.

You can define your own digraphs.  Example: >

	:digraph a" ä

This defines that CTRL-K a" inserts an ä character.  You can also specify the
character with a decimal number.  This defines the same digraph: >

	:digraph a" 228

More information about digraphs here: |digraphs|
   Another way to insert special characters is with a keymap.  More about that
here: |45.5|

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*24.10*	Normal mode commands

Insert mode offers a limited number of commands.  In Normal mode you have many
more.  When you want to use one, you usually leave Insert mode with <Esc>,
execute the Normal mode command, and re-enter Insert mode with "i" or "a".
   There is a quicker way.  With CTRL-O {command} you can execute any Normal
mode command from Insert mode.  For example, to delete from the cursor to the
end of the line: >

	CTRL-O D

You can execute only one Normal mode command this way.  But you can specify a
register or a count.  A more complicated example: >

	CTRL-O "g3dw

This deletes up to the third word into register g.

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