Re: describe-char should display the character's Unicode name

[Juri Linkov]

>> You can use the input method "ucs" to input any Unicode
>> character by typing its codepoint.  A method by typing
>> Unicode name is not yet implemented.
>
> An input method is not a good solution because while input methods are
> good for heavy use, they're quite annoying to juggle for occasional inputs.

Yes, it is inconvenient to activate an input method to insert just one
Unicode character.

>>> `ucs-insert'.  Is `ucs-insert' already obsolete?
>>
>> We can make it obsolete now.
>
> Please don't, until there's a better replacement.
>
> [One possibility would be an addition to C-q to make it accept "# hex-digits"
> or something.]

By the word "obsolete" I meant developing a better method to input
Unicode characters than `ucs-insert'.  Of course, there is no sense
to remove `ucs-insert'.

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Juri Linkov
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