From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juri Linkov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: inputting characters by hexadigit Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:29:12 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <871w1qpw6t.fsf@jurta.org> References: <868ww3vydn.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87myki6fqp.fsf@jurta.org> <87mykhz6tf.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeokrku.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeogih6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <488020A4.4060601@harpegolden.net> <87vdz3p3om.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216428377 20936 80.91.229.12 (19 Jul 2008 00:46:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: tzz@lifelogs.com, David De La Harpe Golden , emacs-devel@gnu.org, Kenichi Handa , Miles Bader To: "Stephen J. Turnbull" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 19 02:47:05 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 1KK0bJ-0006xk-3G for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:47:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38407 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KK0aQ-0008So-7L for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:46:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KK0ZD-0007xV-B3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:44:55 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KK0ZB-0007wf-Io for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:44:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36514 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KK0ZB-0007wb-EL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:44:53 -0400 Original-Received: from relay03.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.201]:56397) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KK0Z7-0004W7-1s; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:44:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay03.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KK0Yz-000Hbx-6n; Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:44:42 +0300 In-Reply-To: <87vdz3p3om.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> (Stephen J. Turnbull's message of "Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:17:29 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: 88f972a75cd389d721acc69b695bb680 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Trusted X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 4362 [July 19 2008] X-SpamTest-Info: {received from trusted relay: common white list} X-SpamTest-Info: {HEADERS: header Content-Type found without required header Content-Transfer-Encoding} X-SpamTest-Method: white ip list X-SpamTest-Rate: 10 X-SpamTest-Status: Trusted X-SpamTest-Status-Extended: trusted X-SpamTest-Version: SMTP-Filter Version 3.0.0 [0278], KAS30/Release X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) 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:100963 Archived-At: > > >> I once proposed C-q 8 and C-9 to change read-quoted-char-radix > > >> to 10 and 16 temporarily so that one can type C-q 9 c 0 RET to > > >> input U+00C0. I still think it's very convenient. > > > > > > Well, convenient, but maybe supporting emacs lisp hex > > > literal syntax might be more memorable? e.g. C-q #x2618 > > > > Yes, that sounds like a good syntax to me -- I think it's important > > that it be easy to remember, because many people will use it > > only occasionally. > > Agreed, but how about trying the syntax everybody actually uses: > `C-q U+00C0'? It seems more convenient to omit the plus sign and accept `C-q U00C0'. > Are there situations where C-q U really needs to insert a U? Yes, there are rare situations where `C-q U' is necessary to insert `a' without overwriting the underlying character in overwrite-mode. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/