From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Utf8 symbols in completing-read completion item Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 22:00:31 +0000 Message-ID: <4XGLmAim4LQQWmpRmruCHvvQL6Z730ZyKbhyj6ROLA-mtnhQmokks9280IQ8NvoaVxm45A1DTFmonH6LMsz44gWWRiBC4CoBXXI3Ve0VRQQ=@protonmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21893"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Jean Louis Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 21 00:04:03 2022 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 1olddz-0005Mp-3b for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 21 Oct 2022 00:04:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1olddy-0003WP-4v for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:04:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [::1] (helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oldb1-0001sj-Sz for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:00:59 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oldap-0001oN-C0 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:00:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-40130.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.130]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oldai-0000t4-5V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 20 Oct 2022 18:00:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1666303236; x=1666562436; bh=KuZ2TTrEqkBpGOaYdx5mL0tnSkOWoMxX+oaQEY1t3L4=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID; b=sVLEIJQaODLLUUYl41eB6fv9OMV2NLwgRY4/3LCjrVakxhiQrfWmSWmr1t6f7MLMj x4f13dJ9Qpkd1GPy3GAcbcI9+As093RSnk7ASr8BW5O2nFMQBGjA5XdCp+7E7x687U F9lKCOp/MiZWYQRBz1O1gNaWDPqScA5ULU410BbF/OZdw24n/AapQqrHcVu3/1aI/0 lBloTrDTBSWK8c3O/g7/aZj2rSg+Pyt0TYH+3Y1ESiVQc5GEnA1yhNJnxiC6xlzq6u 6cTtaT2+hqCiVrqVcKFnTAIgxKqlI0JHt2A28IGj2IJ6ck38PQEDI9hMXBacQ/E6en 4M1JwtwESmBZg== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.40.130; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-40130.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 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:140212 Archived-At: ------- Original Message ------- On Thursday, October 20th, 2022 at 9:02 PM, Jean Louis w= rote: > * Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor help-gnu-emacs@gnu.o= rg [2022-10-20 15:26]: >=20 > > Am using "completing-read" to input greek letters. To introduce the cor= responding utf8 > > symbol I just copy it in the completion item, then match with a pcase t= hat includes the > > utf8 symbol. Is this the correct way of doing so? >=20 >=20 > Your Lisp formatting is not readable: >=20 > (defun nuket-greek (actm) > "TODO" >=20 > (interactive > (list > (let ( (cseq '("alpha =CE=B1" "beta =CE=B2" "gamma" "delta" "epsilon" "ze= ta" "eta")) ) > (completing-read "Nuke: " cseq nil t "eta")))) >=20 > (pcase actm >=20 > ("alpha =CE=B1" (insert "\\alpha")) >=20 > ("beta =CE=B2" (insert "\\beta")) >=20 > ("eta" (insert "\\eta"))) ) >=20 >=20 > I can read better when I format it this way: >=20 > (defun nuket-greek (actm) > "TODO." > (interactive > (list > (let ((cseq '("alpha =CE=B1" "beta =CE=B2" "gamma" "delta" "epsilon" "zet= a" "eta"))) > (completing-read "Nuke: " cseq nil t "eta")))) > (pcase actm > ("alpha =CE=B1" (insert "\\alpha")) > ("beta =CE=B2" (insert "\\beta")) > ("eta" (insert "\\eta")))) >=20 > Myself I do not know what is \\alpha, but maybe you use that for > LaTeX or something. Personally I don't like complicated > `interactive' statements, it looks ugly. I would use the features that be= autiful function` completing-read' offers: >=20 > (completing-read PROMPT COLLECTION &optional PREDICATE REQUIRE-MATCH > INITIAL-INPUT HIST DEF INHERIT-INPUT-METHOD) >=20 > Read a string in the minibuffer, with completion. > PROMPT is a string to prompt with; normally it ends in a colon and a spac= e. > COLLECTION can be a list of strings, an alist, an obarray or a hash table= . >=20 > What I see is that you wish to choose something like "alpha =CE=B1" > and then to get different result like "\\alpha". >=20 > Following may give you the result automatically, by using hash: =20 So you use hash table because it is fast to process. Nevertheless, my question is more focused on the best way to insert utf8 characters in COLLECTION. Is it acceptable to include utf8 characters in COLLECTION? From where does one copy the utf8 characters compatible wit= h emacs?