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Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation


From: Robert Pluim
Subject: Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:36:23 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:09:34 +0300, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> said:

    >> I have one comment: using `read-char-by-name' is kind
    >> of cumbersome when all you want to do is find the equivalents to
    >> e.g. 'a'. Would it make sense to have something similar to
    >> `read-char-by-name' but that accepted single characters *without*
    >> treating those as hex? Youʼd still be able to enter single digit
    >> hex characters by prefixing them with '0'.

    Juri> Wouldn't it be cleaner to use just (read-char-from-minibuffer 
"Character: ")
    Juri> where you can either type a character directly or use 'C-x 8 RET'
    Juri> to insert a character by its name.

I guess that works as well, but then youʼre assuming knowledge of 'C-x
8 RETʼ. I canʼt come up with a strong argument either ways, so Iʼm
going to chicken out here and see what Eli says ☺️

Robert
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