diff --git a/vim/ansi.vim b/vim/ansi.vim
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+++ b/vim/ansi.vim
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+" http://www.lingua-systems.com/knowledge/unicode-mappings/cp850-to-unicode.html
+" http://www.obliquity.com/computer/html/unicode2500.html
+
+
+map c1 :call CharDraw_blocks()<CR>
+map c2 :call CharDraw_lines()<CR>
+map c3 :call CharDraw_doublelines()<CR>
+map c4 :call CharDraw_arrows()<CR>
+map c5 :call CharDraw_extrachars()<CR>
+map c0 :call CharDraw_clear()<CR>
+
+map cr :so ansi.vim<CR>
+
+function! CharDraw_clear ()
+    mapclear!
+set laststatus=2
+    echo 'N to create 80,25 empty drawing. Select chars and draw with numpad'
+    map N 80i <Esc>yy24p(
+    set statusline=%f\ %=\ \[c1-1:chars\ c0:clr]\ (%v,%l)\ HEX:%B
+endfunction
+call CharDraw_clear()
+
+
+function! CharDraw_blocks ()
+    mapclear!
+    map! 1 ░
+    map! 2 ▀
+    map! 3 ▒
+    map! 4 ▐
+    map! 5 ■
+    map! 6 ▌
+    map! 7 ▓
+    map! 8 ▄
+    map! 9 █
+    map! - ▞
+    map! + ▚
+    set statusline=%f\ %=\ [░▀▒▐■▌▓▄█▞▚]\(%v,%l)\ HEX:%B
+endfunction
+
+function! CharDraw_lines ()
+    mapclear!
+    map! 1 └
+    map! 2 ┴
+    map! 3 ┘
+    map! 4 ├
+    map! 5 ┼
+    map! 6 ┤
+    map! 7 ┌
+    map! 8 ┬
+    map! 9 ┐
+    map! - ─
+    map! + │
+    set statusline=%f\ %=\ [└┴┘├┼┤┌┬┐─│]\(%v,%l)\ HEX:%B
+endfunction
+
+function! CharDraw_doublelines ()
+    mapclear!
+    map! 1 ╚
+    map! 2 ╩
+    map! 3 ╝
+    map! 4 ╠
+    map! 5 ╬
+    map! 6 ╣
+    map! 7 ╔
+    map! 8 ╦
+    map! 9 ╗
+    map! - ═
+    map! + ║
+    set statusline=%f\ %=\ [╚╩╝╠╬╣╔╦╗═║]\(%v,%l)\ HEX:%B
+endfunction
+
+function! CharDraw_extrachars ()
+    mapclear!
+    map! 1 ©
+    map! 2 ·
+    map! 3 ×
+    map! 4 «
+    map! 5 °
+    map! 6 »
+    map! 7 ╲
+    map! 8 ╳
+    map! 9 ╱
+    set statusline=%f\ %=\ [©·×«°»╲╳╱]\(%v,%l)\ HEX:%B
+endfunction
+
+function! CharDraw_arrows ()
+    mapclear!
+    map! 2 ▼
+    map! 4 ◀
+    map! 5 ◆
+    map! 6 ▶
+    map! 8 ▲
+    set statusline=%f\ %=\ [▲▶▼◀◆]\(%v,%l)\ HEX:%B
+endfunction
+
diff --git a/vim/checklist.vim b/vim/checklist.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d1e216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/checklist.vim
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+" alias vimbox="vim -S ~/BTSync/Homeshare/lib/chkl.vim"
+map cr :so chkl.vim<CR>
+
+function! Box_clear ()
+    mapclear!
+    map <space> :<C-U>call Flip_box()<CR>
+    map a i[ ] <ESC>
+    set laststatus=2
+    set statusline=%f\ %=\ \[ChkLst\ spc,a]\ (%v,%l)\ HEX:%B
+endfunction
+call Box_clear()
+
+function! Flip_box ()
+    s!^\(\s*\)\[ \]!\1[xXx]!e
+    s!^\(\s*\)\[x\]!\1[ ]!e
+    s!\[xXx\]![x]!e
+endfunction
+
+
diff --git a/vim/vimcrypted b/vim/vimcrypted
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..97fad6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vim/vimcrypted
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Unsecure implementation of a simple encrypted file editor
+# The file is saved IN PLAIN TEXT when editing,
+# this script only takes care of storing the file 
+# encrypted
+
+
+if [ ! -f "$1" ]
+then
+	echo "Give me an encrypted text file"
+    exit 1
+fi
+unc=($(echo "$1" | sed 's/.gpg$//'))
+if [ "$1" = "$unc" ]
+then 
+   echo "source is not .gpg"
+   exit 1
+fi
+if [ -e "$unc" ]
+then echo "$unc already exists. exiting"
+     exit 1
+fi
+
+gpg --decrypt "$1" > "$unc"
+
+edit=`date +%s -r $unc`
+if [ -s "$unc" ]
+then vim -i NONE -n "$unc"    
+else echo Error in decrypting
+     rm "$unc"
+     exit 1
+fi
+
+afteredit=`date +%s -r "$unc"`
+
+if (( $edit != $afteredit )) 
+then
+	cat "$unc" | gpg -ca > "$1".tmp
+    if [ -s "$1".tmp ]
+    then mv "$1" "$1".old
+         mv "$1".tmp "$1"
+    fi
+fi
+rm "$unc"