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Re: inputting characters by hexadigit
From: |
Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: inputting characters by hexadigit |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:29:12 +0300 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> > >> I once proposed C-q 8 and C-9 to change read-quoted-char-radix
> > >> to 10 and 16 temporarily so that one can type C-q 9 c 0 RET to
> > >> input U+00C0. I still think it's very convenient.
> > >
> > > Well, convenient, but maybe supporting emacs lisp hex
> > > literal syntax might be more memorable? e.g. C-q #x2618
> >
> > Yes, that sounds like a good syntax to me -- I think it's important
> > that it be easy to remember, because many people will use it
> > only occasionally.
>
> Agreed, but how about trying the syntax everybody actually uses:
> `C-q U+00C0'?
It seems more convenient to omit the plus sign and accept `C-q U00C0'.
> Are there situations where C-q U really needs to insert a U?
Yes, there are rare situations where `C-q U' is necessary to insert
`a' without overwriting the underlying character in overwrite-mode.
--
Juri Linkov
http://www.jurta.org/emacs/
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, (continued)
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Juri Linkov, 2008/07/18
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Stefan Monnier, 2008/07/20
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, David De La Harpe Golden, 2008/07/21
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Juri Linkov, 2008/07/22
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Lennart Borgman (gmail), 2008/07/22
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, David De La Harpe Golden, 2008/07/22
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Juri Linkov, 2008/07/29
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Stefan Monnier, 2008/07/29
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2008/07/19
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Miles Bader, 2008/07/18
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit,
Juri Linkov <=
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Juri Linkov, 2008/07/18
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Juri Linkov, 2008/07/20
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Stefan Monnier, 2008/07/20
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, David De La Harpe Golden, 2008/07/21
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Stefan Monnier, 2008/07/21
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Juri Linkov, 2008/07/21
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Johan Bockgård, 2008/07/21
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, David Kastrup, 2008/07/21
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, Johan Bockgård, 2008/07/21
- Re: inputting characters by hexadigit, David Kastrup, 2008/07/21