TIL about "digraphs" in (neo)vim. Need to insert, say, an en dash, which has a digraph of -N? In insert mode, ctrl-k, hypen, N. Want to check the digraph of a character already in your file? ga to show ascii, and look at the "Digr" notation. You would see e.g. "Digr =e" for the euro symbol.
:help digraphs
:help digraphs-default
Which OS? I find that having a Compose key on my X-based systems (BSDs and Linuxen)
setxkbmap -option compose:caps
turns my caps-lock key into a Compose key, letting me enter similar sequences of characters in *any* X app (including gvim or vim in a terminal). So
«compose»a' → á
«compose»n~ → ñ
and going a bit meta there,
«compose»<< → «
«compose»>> → »
«compose»-> → →
You can even define your own in ~/.XCompose ☺
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