From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
Cc: larsi@gnus.org, 46240@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#46240: Sorting order of read-char-by-name
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 20:47:52 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <837dnq5msn.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lfc666vr.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (message from Juri Linkov on Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:16:00 +0200)
> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, 46240@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:16:00 +0200
>
> But the problem is that currently characters of one Unicode block
> are scattered among the whole list.
>
> For example, in 'C-x 8 RET SUPER TAB' the character SUPERHERO
> from the Unicode block 'Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs'
> currently is displayed at the beginning of the long list of
> SUPERSCRIPT characters from the block 'Superscripts and Subscripts',
> but its counterpart character SUPERVILLAIN is displayed
> at the end of the long list of SUPERSCRIPT characters.
There are such use cases as well, yes. And there are others. But the
point is that even if some Unicode block gets scattered (when the part
the user typed natches too many character names), the ordering by name
allows an easier orientation in the long list.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-02 18:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-01 17:23 bug#46240: Sorting order of read-char-by-name Juri Linkov
2021-02-01 17:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-02 8:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-02 17:16 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-02 17:57 ` bug#46240: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-02 18:47 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2021-02-03 15:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-03 18:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-03 18:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-03 18:21 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-03 18:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-03 19:43 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-04 7:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-04 9:32 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-04 16:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-04 22:34 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-05 7:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-06 19:35 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-06 20:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-07 18:56 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-07 19:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-09 18:13 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-09 19:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-09 19:16 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-02 17:13 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-02 18:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-03 17:27 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-03 17:54 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-03 19:44 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-03 15:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-01 19:35 ` bug#46240: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-02 17:18 ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-02 17:49 ` Drew Adams
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