Fwd: Alt+numpad to write special symbols

[David Capello <davidcapello@gmail.com>]

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From: David Capello <davidcapello@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: Alt+numpad to write special symbols
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>


On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 02:49, David Capello <davidcapello@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is there a way to use Alt+numpad to write Unicode
>> characters in Emacs? Or does it need a patch?
>> Have someone tried it before?
>
> Why do you want to use Alt+numpad?

It's a long history, but basically because in all other programs
you can use Alt+numpad.

> You can already type an Unicode
> codepoint with `ucs-insert' (bound to C-x 8 RET).

Thanks about that. I did not know about ucs-insert, but
still I need Alt+numpad behavior.

Another thing: I think it is impossible to emulate
the Alt+keypad just with elisp code because I need
to catch something like "Alt-unpressed" event.