Comments by "Lawrence D’Oliveiro" (@lawrencedoliveiro9104) on "Typing Special Characters in vim: My Way!" video.

  1. On Linux you can have a compose key which works across apps, whether Emacs or Vim or LibreOffice or Firefox or whatever. http://wiki.wlug.org.nz/ComposeKey On Emacs you have an additional feature, CTRL-X-8-RET, which lets you enter the Unicode name. Or you can enter just part of the name, and it will bring up a list of likely candidates you can choose from.
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  2. This is why having separate command and insert modes is a bad idea.
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