From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Werner LEMBERG Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Input method or help feature needed Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:13:58 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <20110218.061358.480359938.wl@gnu.org> References: <87lj1ew6d3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1298006738 10963 80.91.229.12 (18 Feb 2011 05:25:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 05:25:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: miles@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 18 06:25:33 2011 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PqIqP-0000Kj-EA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:25:29 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44333 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PqIfW-0007Dq-Es for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:14:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35672 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PqIfS-0007Cq-3F for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:14:10 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PqIfQ-0001Xs-BO for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:14:09 -0500 Original-Received: from mailout-de.gmx.net ([213.165.64.23]:44665) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PqIfP-0001XR-VV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:14:08 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 18 Feb 2011 05:14:05 -0000 Original-Received: from 178-191-249-203.adsl.highway.telekom.at (EHLO localhost) [178.191.249.203] by mail.gmx.net (mp007) with SMTP; 18 Feb 2011 06:14:05 +0100 X-Authenticated: #54312696 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+4VN8HYIi48LwHO5jGe5LlCSmIjj8xGdAOf5xlT6 htlfQh8Xxt/06k In-Reply-To: <87lj1ew6d3.fsf@catnip.gol.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.3.50 on Emacs 24.0.50.1 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 213.165.64.23 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:136163 Archived-At: >>> It is not easy to find how to enter the character you want. >>> Can anyone develop a way to make it easier? >> >> The X11 compose feature actually has pretty easy to remember ways >> to input such characters. For example, the dotless i can be >> generated by <.> ( is usually on >> Shift-RControl). > > Isn't that limited to a "common" set of characters in a single > locale though...? An interface which resembles these tables could be helpful: http://www.unicode.org/charts/collation/ Werner