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: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:52:48 +0300 Organization: JURTA Message-ID: <87ej5ld0hr.fsf@jurta.org> References: <868ww3vydn.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87mykhz6tf.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeokrku.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeogih6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <488020A4.4060601@harpegolden.net> <873am6rb8k.fsf@jurta.org> <87r69oqojm.fsf@jurta.org> <48841992.6030604@harpegolden.net> <877ibfipbg.fsf@jurta.org> <87ej5nhtph.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <85abgaao9k.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216768118 31752 80.91.229.12 (22 Jul 2008 23:08:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:08:38 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 23 01:09:27 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 1KLQyy-0002Xe-E3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:09:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33378 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLQy5-0001Rl-5a for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:08:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLQxz-0001Pa-12 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:08:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLQxx-0001Op-La for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:08:22 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=45266 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLQxx-0001Om-Bi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:08:21 -0400 Original-Received: from relay01.kiev.sovam.com ([62.64.120.200]:2826) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLQxw-0004cm-SX for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:08:21 -0400 Original-Received: from [83.170.232.243] (helo=smtp.svitonline.com) by relay01.kiev.sovam.com with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1KLQxs-000Fql-Bm for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:08:17 +0300 In-Reply-To: ("Johan =?utf-8?Q?Bockg=C3=A5rd=22's?= message of "Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:37:52 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Scanner-Signature: ba97961d419726f65b83e74233c16638 X-DrWeb-checked: yes X-SpamTest-Envelope-From: juri@jurta.org X-SpamTest-Group-ID: 00000000 X-SpamTest-Header: Trusted X-SpamTest-Info: Profiles 4414 [July 23 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 4.8-5.1 (or MacOS X 10.2-10.3) 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:101256 Archived-At: >>> C-q with a negative prefix argument currently does nothing... >> >> C-- C-u C-u C-q e3 RET for base 16 entry? Not the most pretty thing in >> sight, but probably easier to type than the equivalent C-- 16 C-q e3 >> RET. > > I was thinking C-- C-q #xe3 etc (the prefix is still a repeat count). This is easy to type, but using a negative prefix to input a number is not too intuitive. -- Juri Linkov http://www.jurta.org/emacs/