From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: inputting characters by hexadigit Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:44:51 -0700 Message-ID: <004401c8ecca$491a2be0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> References: <868ww3vydn.fsf@lifelogs.com><87tzeokrku.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeogih6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <488020A4.4060601@harpegolden.net> <873am6rb8k.fsf@jurta.org> <87r69oqojm.fsf@jurta.org> <006a01c8ec04$27f3c2d0$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com><86ej5keovj.fsf@lifelogs.com> <48872C97.6020505@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216820753 12370 80.91.229.12 (23 Jul 2008 13:45:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:45:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: "'Lennart Borgman \(gmail\)'" , "'Ted Zlatanov'" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 23 15:46:41 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 1KLefd-0005v3-Mk for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:46:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39416 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLeek-0003vf-7m for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:45:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLeef-0003va-MH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:45:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLeee-0003vG-4Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:45:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46412 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLeed-0003vD-OG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:45:19 -0400 Original-Received: from agminet01.oracle.com ([141.146.126.228]:41308) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLeeb-0001lB-N2 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:45:19 -0400 Original-Received: from agmgw1.us.oracle.com (agmgw1.us.oracle.com [152.68.180.212]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id m6NDj9nU010607; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:45:09 -0500 Original-Received: from acsmt357.oracle.com (acsmt357.oracle.com [141.146.40.157]) by agmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.0/Switch-3.2.0) with ESMTP id m6NDd5cv023974; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:45:08 -0600 Original-Received: from inet-141-146-46-1.oracle.com by acsmt354.oracle.com with ESMTP id 10992561561216820687; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:44:47 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/24.5.171.11) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:44:47 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <48872C97.6020505@gmail.com> Thread-Index: AcjsxPUbs+DKkqXdTsulVC5X0lq07AABQhAw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.4-2.6 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:101309 Archived-At: > > DA> This thread got off the ground because some thought > > DA> that using an input method could be too heavy for > > DA> inputting Unicode chars. OK, keep looking for a better > > DA> (non "input method") input method, if you must. But > > DA> please stay away from key chords and existing key bindings. > > > > I don't understand why we don't just provide an interactive > > function and let the users pick the keybinding they like. > > IMHO this is completely useless for many users (considering > > input methods exist for particular languages and we've talked > > about stacking multiple input methods), and essential for much > > fewer people (who need to enter arbitrary Unicode characters > > by number). > > Seems like a good suggestion to me if combined with Juri's > latest suggestion. +1