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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Cc: 71411@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#71411: 30.0.50; Show Unicode names when describing translations
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:08:33 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86frtpf1se.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878qzhhwkl.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Robert Pluim on Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:32:58 +0200)

> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:32:58 +0200
> 
> 
> 'C-x 8 RET' will show Unicode names when it shows completions, which
> helps people find the complete name of the character they want to use.
> 
> I have a patch to do something similar for 'C-h k' and 'C-h b' (for
> translated keys only), so youʼd get
> 
> 'C-h k C-x 8 E' =>
> 
>     € 'EURO SIGN' (translated from C-x 8 E)
> 
> Since the purpose of this is to provide more information by default in
> situations where people are searching for answers, I
> donʼt think this needs a configuration variable, unlike the analogous
> feaure in 'what-cursor-position'. (yes, people can hit 'C-u C-x =' in
> the *Help* buffer, but first they have to know about that).

Does this mean that if I type "C-h k a" I will be told that a is LATIN
SMALL LETTER A?  That'd be an annoyance, I think.





  reply	other threads:[~2024-06-07 11:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-06-07 10:32 bug#71411: 30.0.50; Show Unicode names when describing translations Robert Pluim
2024-06-07 11:08 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-06-07 12:16   ` Robert Pluim
2024-06-07 13:42     ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-07 14:06       ` Robert Pluim
2024-06-08 13:24         ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-10  9:03           ` Robert Pluim
2024-06-10 12:34             ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-06-10 13:01               ` Robert Pluim
2024-06-07 14:01     ` Stephen Berman via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2024-06-07 14:25       ` Robert Pluim
2024-06-07 14:29         ` Stephen Berman
2024-06-07 14:31           ` Robert Pluim

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