From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Browsing Unicode Symbols Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:08:18 +0200 Message-ID: <5930BFA4-407C-4151-8BD9-576972E9D0FB@Web.DE> References: <1a37f6d3-1121-45bf-808a-38590605c4cb@f36g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> <87iqvg56qx.fsf@sophokles.streitblatt.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v753.1) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215590950 20587 80.91.229.12 (9 Jul 2008 08:09:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 08:09:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Florian Beck Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 09 10:09:57 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KGUkE-0005gu-Q6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:09:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50620 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KGUjN-0000Cy-Do for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:08:53 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KGUj4-0000Cr-6I for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:08:34 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KGUj2-0000Ca-Lu for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:08:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49694 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KGUj2-0000CX-9x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:08:32 -0400 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:47550) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KGUj1-0001z5-SJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:08:32 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp06.web.de (fmsmtp06.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.5.172]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78E85E2F0157; Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:08:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from [91.35.225.102] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.109 #226) id 1KGUiz-0006nA-00; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:08:29 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87iqvg56qx.fsf@sophokles.streitblatt.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.753.1) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19vYi5uMw/M/mM2ahHxSbTNuOiV0Y55intEozjm s+scCGGDQD7jDPHn3ms2aW9NOCyluz5kH9SAQoUM5/Rhs4I1bc d0KctEhUhmfAvApPfKgw== X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:55331 Archived-At: Am 09.07.2008 um 00:52 schrieb Florian Beck: > Peter Dyballa writes: > >> Am 08.07.2008 um 14:58 schrieb Nordl=F6w: >> >>> Is there a way to visually browse/explore the Unicode symbols >>> available in GNU Emacs (CVS) either globally or locally defined by a >>> specific/current font? Compare list-colors-display(). >> >> Yes. Open utf8.txt from the Kermit distribution. When you're using >> only fonts (as opposed to fontsets) then you'll see, what this font >> can offer for you. > > How exactly do I do this: =BBusing only fonts (as opposed to = fontsets)=AB? > As far as I can see I am always using a fontset. I don't know for sure. Maybe it works to select a certain font from =20 the fonts menu (S-mouse-1). > To see how a specific font renders all characters, dolist the =20 > characters > defined in the the unicode standard (/admin/unidata/UnicodeData.txt in > the emacs sources). How do *you* see these? The file is just a description of Unicode =20 characters in US-ASCII ... The same is true for the file unidata.txt =20 in the same directory. Both files can be helpful when customising =20 what to show on a C-u C-x =3D on some character. -- Mit friedvollen Gr=FC=DFen Pete Who the fsck is "General Failure," and why is he reading my disk?