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Line-drawing character mappings in insert mode for Vim
" Vimscript file to allow easy insertion of line-drawing
" characters in insert mode.
" Currently based on the numeric keyboard layout of most
" keyboards - other possibilities include using + for ┼, etc.
"789+ ┌┬┐│
"456 ├┼┤
"123 └┴┘
"0 ─
function LineD ()
inoremap 1
inoremap 2
inoremap 3
inoremap 4
inoremap 5
inoremap 6
inoremap 7
inoremap 8
inoremap 9
inoremap 0
inoremap +
endfunc
function LineT ()
" Ensure mappings exist to avoid error messages
inoremap 1 .
inoremap 2 .
inoremap 3 .
inoremap 4 .
inoremap 5 .
inoremap 6 .
inoremap 7 .
inoremap 8 .
inoremap 9 .
inoremap 0 .
inoremap + .
iunmap 1
iunmap 2
iunmap 3
iunmap 4
iunmap 5
iunmap 6
iunmap 7
iunmap 8
iunmap 9
iunmap 0
iunmap +
endfunc
command LLine call LineD()
command LText call LineT()
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