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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:294443 Archived-At: >>>>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:09:34 +0300, Juri Linkov sai= d: >> I have one comment: using `read-char-by-name' is kind >> of cumbersome when all you want to do is find the equivalents to >> e.g. 'a'. Would it make sense to have something similar to >> `read-char-by-name' but that accepted single characters *without* >> treating those as hex? You=CA=BCd still be able to enter single digit >> hex characters by prefixing them with '0'. Juri> Wouldn't it be cleaner to use just (read-char-from-minibuffer "Ch= aracter: ") Juri> where you can either type a character directly or use 'C-x 8 RET' Juri> to insert a character by its name. I guess that works as well, but then you=CA=BCre assuming knowledge of 'C-x 8 RET=CA=BC. I can=CA=BCt come up with a strong argument either ways, so I= =CA=BCm going to chicken out here and see what Eli says =E2=98=BA=EF=B8=8F Robert --=20