Typing card suits in vim ♢♡♣♠
Digraphs are two letter combinations that provide a easy way to type and remember non-ascii characters in vim. In insert mode you can type a digraph with Ctrl-k and then two letters that map to the unicode character.
For card suits the pneumonic is lower case c
for card and upper case C
for clubs, D
for diamonds, H
for hearts, and S
for spades.
cD ♢
cC ♣
cH ♡
cS ♠
You can see all the digraphs with :digraphs
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Now you have all the necessary unicode characters to easily create card games in the terminal!
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