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Re: Why is `C-x 8' limited to Latin-1 for search?
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Juri Linkov |
Subject: |
Re: Why is `C-x 8' limited to Latin-1 for search? |
Date: |
Mon, 10 Dec 2012 09:45:09 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
> To try the latter quickly (no, this is not the way to code this; it's just a
> quick way to let you try it):
>
> (unless (fboundp 'ORIG-isearch-edit-string)
> (defalias 'ORIG-isearch-edit-string
> (symbol-function 'isearch-edit-string)))
>
> (defun isearch-edit-string ()
> (interactive)
> (let ((enable-recursive-minibuffers t))
> (ORIG-isearch-edit-string)))
>
> In a buffer with some Unicode chars, e.g., `λ':
>
> C-s M-e C-x 8 RET GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMBDA C-s
>
> (You have completion for the character name, at least.)
Shouldn't users be able to insert Unicode characters in any minibuffer,
not only in `isearch-edit-string'? If these is no reason to disallow,
this patch should allow this for `completing-read' in `read-char-by-name':
=== modified file 'lisp/international/mule-cmds.el'
--- lisp/international/mule-cmds.el 2012-10-16 23:09:00 +0000
+++ lisp/international/mule-cmds.el 2012-12-10 07:43:46 +0000
@@ -2945,7 +2945,8 @@ (defun read-char-by-name (prompt)
This function also accepts a hexadecimal number of Unicode code
point or a number in hash notation, e.g. #o21430 for octal,
#x2318 for hex, or #10r8984 for decimal."
- (let ((input
+ (let* ((enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
+ (input
(completing-read
prompt
(lambda (string pred action)
Re: Why is `C-x 8' limited to Latin-1 for search?,
Juri Linkov <=