From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Unicode progress tooltip? Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:38:57 +0300 Message-ID: <20201013053857.GG31408@protected.rcdrun.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="1975"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/1.14.0 (2020-05-02) Cc: Skip Montanaro , Help GNU Emacs To: Robert Pluim Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 13 07:39:48 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kSD2I-0000Ml-L9 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 07:39:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34680 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kSD2H-0005dR-LF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 01:39:45 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48842) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kSD1e-0005d1-18 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 01:39:06 -0400 Original-Received: from static.rcdrun.com ([95.85.24.50]:37513) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kSD1b-0007kq-R2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 01:39:04 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:197.157.0.35]) (AUTH: PLAIN admin, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by static.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 00000000002A0B38.000000005F853D74.0000431F; Tue, 13 Oct 2020 05:38:59 +0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.85.24.50; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=static.rcdrun.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/10/13 00:59:21 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = Linux 3.11 and newer [fuzzy] X-Spam_score_int: 15 X-Spam_score: 1.5 X-Spam_bar: + X-Spam_report: (1.5 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_20=-0.001, RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB=1.5, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:124444 Archived-At: * Robert Pluim [2020-10-12 13:18]: > >>>>> On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 22:22:58 +0530, Pankaj Jangid said: > > Pankaj> On Sun, Oct 11 2020, Skip Montanaro wrote: > >> I have a US layout keyboard. I occasionally need to type non-ASCII stuff > >> like ¾, ₤ or é. I've now memorized a few Compose key sequences (environment > >> is Ubuntu 20.04), but golly gee, there are a lot of them! I noticed that > >> when I mash down on the Compose key a little tooltip pops up > >> > >> [image: Screenshot from 2020-10-11 10-59-29.png] > >> > >> and is extended as more keys are pressed. Once a complete sequence is > >> entered, the appropriate glyph is rendered and the tooltip dismissed. This > >> is very nice. > > Pankaj> You need two things: > > Pankaj> (1) Install which-key package, then > Pankaj> (2) Press ‘C-x 8’ (then wait for a second) > > Pankaj> In step (2) if you press RET instead of waiting then you can enter > Pankaj> UNICODE CHARACTER NAME also. > > Pankaj> The characters you have entered are unicode - FRACTION THREE QUARTER, > Pankaj> POUND SIGN, LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE > > Or you can search through the available names by prepending a '*'. Try > > C-x 8 RET *FRACTION TAB TAB It is good using there some completion like ido, helm, etc. There is one sign named HEXAGRAM FOR PROGRESS ䷢ but I do not see it with DejaVu Sans Mono. Jean