From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David De La Harpe Golden Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: inputting characters by hexadigit Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:54:05 +0100 Message-ID: <4884BF2D.1060708@harpegolden.net> References: <868ww3vydn.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87myki6fqp.fsf@jurta.org> <87mykhz6tf.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeokrku.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeogih6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <488020A4.4060601@harpegolden.net> <873am6rb8k.fsf@jurta.org> <87r69oqojm.fsf@jurta.org> <48841992.6030604@harpegolden.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216659279 17455 80.91.229.12 (21 Jul 2008 16:54:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:54:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Juri Linkov , Miles Bader , tzz@lifelogs.com, Kenichi Handa , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 21 18:55:27 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 1KKyfS-00081k-0z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:55:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57282 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKyeZ-0007pt-0h for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:54:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKyeU-0007pi-Ks for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:54:22 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KKyeS-0007pK-GS for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:54:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=35213 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KKyeS-0007pH-Ak for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:54:20 -0400 Original-Received: from harpegolden.net ([65.99.215.13]:44155) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KKyeL-0001vj-9i; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:54:13 -0400 Original-Received: from golden1.harpegolden.net (86-43-171-96.b-ras2.prp.dublin.eircom.net [86.43.171.96]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "David De La Harpe Golden", Issuer "David De La Harpe Golden Personal CA rev 3" (verified OK)) by harpegolden.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D20498324; Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:54:08 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080509) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:101097 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier wrote: > I think a good solution should start by scrapping the C-q > corner case. Seems like something people'd get used to having pretty rapidly, even if it was unfortunately positioned in retrospect. One advantage of hanging the char-by-code stuff off C-q is (obviously enough) that it doesn't eat another default global binding. But maybe a separate global binding needs eating, if the goal is to avoid further C-q pollution. Inserting a character by code (or unicode name) is perhaps something genuinely important enough? That would basically come down to deciding a more convenient default binding for a souped-up M-x ucs-insert. I dunno what's left at this stage. Heh. C-x# might be very nice. Funny, I don't _recall_ ever using it (cue zillions of people pointing out what it is used for)