From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: inputting characters by hexadigit Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:06:36 -0700 Message-ID: <006a01c8ec04$27f3c2d0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <868ww3vydn.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87tzeokrku.fsf@jurta.org><87tzeogih6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <488020A4.4060601@harpegolden.net> <873am6rb8k.fsf@jurta.org><87r69oqojm.fsf@jurta.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216735835 14743 80.91.229.12 (22 Jul 2008 14:10:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:10:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: david@harpegolden.net, tzz@lifelogs.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@jurta.org, 'Stefan Monnier' , miles@gnu.org To: "'Kenichi Handa'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 22 16:11:23 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KLIaE-0003rl-Lw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:11:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42340 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLIZK-0000tV-Ly for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:10:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLIZ5-0000s0-FM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:10:07 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLIZ1-0000ro-WD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:10:07 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=54239 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLIZ1-0000rl-Od for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:10:03 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:13724) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLIYv-0005yD-9v; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:09:58 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw2.us.oracle.com (agmgw2.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.213]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id m6ME9mg3023469; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:09:48 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt357.oracle.com (acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157]) by agmgw2.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m6MCuWOT022162; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:08:36 -0600 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt353.oracle.com with ESMTP id 10967256631216735597; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:06:37 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.171.11) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:06:36 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Thread-Index: Acjr0S8KtiU7Le6oTtu4JwJBCCeVagAL8u2w X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:101199 Archived-At: > How about using C-u (u for Unicode) as this way? > > C-u 0 x X X X X RET for U+XXXX (and C-0 x X X X X RET) > > C-u 0 x and C-0 x are noop now. Please keep `C-u' for its intended purpose, which is already quite general. A command might well use a zero prefix arg value for a specific behavior, and that command might be bound to anything (even `x'). It is not just because some key binding (e.g. `C-u 0 x') is not predefined that it should be predefined for Unicode entry. This thread got off the ground because some thought that using an input method could be too heavy for inputting Unicode chars. OK, keep looking for a better (non "input method") input method, if you must. But please stay away from key chords and existing key bindings.