Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots

[Stefan Monnier]

>>> > This reminds me, now that the Unicode tables have been released under
>>> > a free license, would it make sense to extend C-x = (or probably
>>> > rather C-u C-x =) to display the Unicode database information for that
>>> > character?  I would find that useful in many situations.
>>> 
>>> C-h v describe-char-unicodedata-file RET
>> 
>> That won't work unless one does a "M-x load-library descr-text RET"
>> first (or invokes some command that autoloads it).

> And I can't get it to do anything useful at all.

> (load "descr-text")
> (describe-char-unicode-data ?a)
> => nil

> It would be nice if it was incorporated into C-x = somehow.

I don't know what you saw when you tried
C-h v describe-char-unicodedata-file RET, but what I see includes
the following: "If it is non-nil `describe-char-after' will print data
looked up from it".  Now admittedly, the link with C-x = is weak:
C-x = mentions that it calls `describe-char' if invoked with C-u,
and C-h f describe-char-after RET tells you it's an obsolete function
replaced by `describe-char'.


        Stefan