From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46240: Sorting order of read-char-by-name Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:47:52 +0200 Message-ID: <837dnq5msn.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87v9bb4tm2.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83wnvr65zg.fsf@gnu.org> <875z3aooao.fsf@gnus.org> <87lfc666vr.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="20083"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 46240@debbugs.gnu.org To: Juri Linkov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 02 19:49:29 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l70jw-00057G-PM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:49:28 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57826 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l70jv-0003eV-Rb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:49:27 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56306) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l70jW-0003di-Ii for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:49:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:52872) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l70jW-0003tf-Bm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:49:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l70jW-0000Oi-AP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:49:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:49:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46240 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 46240-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46240.16122916861462 (code B ref 46240); Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:49:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46240) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Feb 2021 18:48:06 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36185 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l70ic-0000NV-1z for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:48:06 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:38246) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l70iW-0000Mx-2x for 46240@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:48:04 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:52750) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l70iQ-0003Y0-Od; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:47:54 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:2602 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1l70iP-0003SQ-4N; Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:47:54 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87lfc666vr.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:16:00 +0200) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:199166 Archived-At: > From: Juri Linkov > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , 46240@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:16:00 +0200 > > But the problem is that currently characters of one Unicode block > are scattered among the whole list. > > For example, in 'C-x 8 RET SUPER TAB' the character SUPERHERO > from the Unicode block 'Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs' > currently is displayed at the beginning of the long list of > SUPERSCRIPT characters from the block 'Superscripts and Subscripts', > but its counterpart character SUPERVILLAIN is displayed > at the end of the long list of SUPERSCRIPT characters. There are such use cases as well, yes. And there are others. But the point is that even if some Unicode block gets scattered (when the part the user typed natches too many character names), the ordering by name allows an easier orientation in the long list.