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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..

Hulk
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  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

Mark Henderson
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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.

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