Re: ¬ notation for not? Ref: Add a couple cells to lisp-prettify-symbols-alist

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Fri, 15 Jul 2016 11:17:50 -0400 Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote: 

SM> Sounds complicated as well.  Maybe we could just get away with having
SM> prettify-symbols-alist have 2 lists: a basic one and an extended one.
SM> Users can then choose to use the basic set or the extended set (for the
SM> users in search of more visual thrills) (or nothing at all for the more
SM> conservative users).

SM> If we add the ability to inhibit specific chars, it should be flexible
SM> enough in practice, not too hard to implement, and understandable for
SM> the end-user.

I'm not crazy about this but it's probably most realistic :)

In your opinion, what's a good UI for these tasks then?

* how would I add '("not" . ?¬) to the alist?

* how would I remove '("sqrt" . ?√) from the alist?

Ted