From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#36454: 26.2.90; feature request - Insert char by hex tab completion or C-x 8 RET ffe Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:28:27 +0200 Message-ID: <87ftn07s3o.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: <87r27016xo.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> <4087f726-f9e7-4bc5-a9b3-7d24d9b7f7c5@default> <2f469306-98d3-8735-4d0d-61aae53321d0@gmail.com> <8a8360df-afe2-4ae8-abac-96e7691f52a6@default> <27479297-ab97-106b-7325-5ac6ef5d0b92@gmail.com> <1981011f-2e19-4f4b-a7ac-8ccd15298b1a@default> <83k1cfy8mp.fsf@gnu.org> <6251d2e2-5366-4c06-8c42-811d1aa7d5e3@default> <831rynwah9.fsf@gnu.org> <83wogev83t.fsf@gnu.org> <9ad40946-43b5-440c-958d-35da10ab2669@default> <831rymul58.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="215959"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: van@scratch.space, 36454@debbugs.gnu.org To: Sebastian Urban Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 20 15:29:07 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hopQB-000u5P-IE for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:29:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51182 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hopQA-0006ot-Jd for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:29:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46289) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hopQ7-0006oW-6G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:29:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hopQ6-00086f-02 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:29:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48111) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hopQ5-00086W-SS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:29:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hopQ5-0003Bf-Mh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:29:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 13:29:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 36454 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: wontfix Original-Received: via spool by 36454-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B36454.156362931812203 (code B ref 36454); Sat, 20 Jul 2019 13:29:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 36454) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Jul 2019 13:28:38 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56931 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hopPf-0003Ag-T0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:28:36 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:41450) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hopPd-0003AU-MM for 36454@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 09:28:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.169.244.84] (helo=sandy) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hopPX-0002Mm-VW; Sat, 20 Jul 2019 15:28:30 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Sebastian Urban's message of "Fri, 19 Jul 2019 22:12:03 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:163464 Archived-At: Sebastian Urban writes: > Before that, what about (additional) variable which would control > completion style in this case, with values: > - name - default, completion in 'insert-char' would work like it works > now, > - name-and-hex - completion in 'insert-char' would also complete hex > codes and show everything in *Completions* window, I don't think completing over hex codes is a good idea (it's a very dehumanising interface), and I don't think adding a variable to switch it off or on is, either. But what you really want is (it seems to me) to be able to list all characters from a Unicode block, because you know where the character is, but you want to find a specific one in that neighbourhood. So the "hex completion" is just an artefact here. Instead, perhaps there should be a new command to complete over Unicode block names, and then list the characters in that block, and allow you to choose one of them? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no