From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ken Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: utf8 char display in buffer Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:52:57 -0400 Message-ID: <4A2E3F09.7010604@mousecar.com> References: <1d6104b2-e305-4511-baf8-334fe477c241@g37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: gebser@mousecar.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244544920 25847 80.91.229.12 (9 Jun 2009 10:55:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 10:55:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 09 12:55:18 2009 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 1MDyz8-000398-2Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:55:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40668 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDyz7-0008RA-Dk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:55:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MDyx0-0007o5-9V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:53:06 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MDywz-0007na-Dc for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:53:05 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57228 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MDywz-0007nV-7x for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:53:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mout.perfora.net ([74.208.4.194]:51066) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MDywy-0001E9-8c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:53:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.0.26] (dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.11.17]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus0) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MKp8S-1MDywt1UjE-000g2C; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:53:00 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070326) In-Reply-To: <1d6104b2-e305-4511-baf8-334fe477c241@g37g2000yqn.googlegroups.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 OpenPGP: id=5AD091E7 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19VvEs9LJWxSVSmrM9Avs7ip1G45QMY/xxu596 KTjT7fXlcv9Tml72S9rKtYVu1Imh8fxrvPsX8n308/B8yzAkcu suI0JKnqHsybHCDy0alRwnAi6i9EVCZ X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:65085 Archived-At: On 06/08/2009 03:52 PM Xah Lee wrote: >> .... > > i define keys to insert unicode chars that i frequently use. e.g. > > (global-set-key (kbd "") "→") > (global-set-key (kbd "M-i a") "α") > (global-set-key (kbd "M-i b") "β") > (global-set-key (kbd "M-i t") "θ") It's probably just me, but with the so many foreign characters I use, remembering all the many key mappings becomes more than my little brain can manage. So I prefer to create a menu of character entities. html-helper-mode (i.e., not html-mode) already has such a menu which I've added to using "(mapchar 'html-helper-add-tag ...". This menu allows me to look up a 'character' which I can't remember *and* gives me a reminder of what its key combo is. My (too old) version of emacs, however, doesn't have a "character entities" menu for regular (non-html) buffers. I've already got too much on my plate for the moment, so this isn't a project for me right now. But later.... > .... > > some more tips here > > • Emacs and Unicode Tips > http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_n_unicode.html > > .... Nice web page. (Bookmarked.) Thanks.