Here's what I now have to put a clean ending to this thread (for anyone who
might end up here while looking for something):

(require 'iso-transl)
;; Add custom bindings to "C-x 8" map
(dolist (binding '((">"   . nil) ; First unbind ">" from the map
                   (">="  . [?≥])
                   (">>"  . [?≫])
                   (">\"" . [?»])
                   (">'"  . [?›])
                   ("<"   . nil) ; First unbind "<" from the map
                   ("<="  . [?≤])
                   ("<<"  . [?≪])
                   ("<\"" . [?«])
                   ("<'"  . [?‹])))
  (define-key iso-transl-ctl-x-8-map (kbd (car binding)) (cdr binding)))



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Kaushal Modi

On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Kaushal <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> wrote:

> In reply to Drew's email that seems to have started by mistake in a new
> thread
>
> > And I'm wondering why we need to provide such "shortcuts".  It is
> > *trivial* for anyone to bind keys to insert any chars one uses often.
> > I don't see how we're doing anyone any favors by this.
> >
> > What's so special about any particular set of Unicode chars that we
> > should bother to offer a predefined set of bindings for them (even if
> > turning on that set is optional)?  Now we're even down to looking to
> > bind ≫ or »?  How silly is that?  (Well, I'm sure those chars are
> > very useful for some people - but those who need 'em can bind 'em.)
> >
> > Where's the beef?
>
> As I mentioned in the first email, I can easily bind those to what I want.
>
> I was motivated to email about this because I found the binding "_<" for ≤
> a bit unnatural. In all the coding languages I used, ≤ was always
> represented as "<=" and so thought that that binding would make more sense.
>
> Then I realized that "<" was already taken for the « and so we could not
> have the "<=" binding.
>
> And then the thread evolved as you see.
>
> As Stefan mentioned, the "<" binding was added at the time when probably
> the other unicode characters were probably not popular.
>
> So this was just a little gesture to "upgrade" the out-of-box bindings for
> "C-x 8" since we are already setting a few default bindings for some
> unicode characters.
>
> I am fine with this discussion ending here and I will go back to using a
> little hydra with a bunch of unicode chars I use frequently.
>
>
> --
> Kaushal Modi
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 6:13 PM, Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> > I disagree.  I use « and » from time to time, and I /never/ wanted to
>> > use ≪ or ≫.
>>
>> FWIW I'm in the same situation.
>>
>>
>>         Stefan
>>
>
>