From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: inputting characters by hexadigit Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:28:30 +0900 Message-ID: <87fxq130lt.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <868ww3vydn.fsf@lifelogs.com> <87tzeokrku.fsf@jurta.org> <87tzeogih6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <488020A4.4060601@harpegolden.net> <873am6rb8k.fsf@jurta.org> <87r69oqojm.fsf@jurta.org> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1216772936 11145 80.91.229.12 (23 Jul 2008 00:28:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:28:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: david@harpegolden.net, lekktu@gmail.com, tzz@lifelogs.com, Kenichi Handa , emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@jurta.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 23 02:29:43 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 1KLSEh-0000qR-Bo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:29:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:50234 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLSDo-0007bu-2S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:28:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLSDj-0007aJ-3W for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:28:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLSDi-0007Zl-58 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:28:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52449 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLSDh-0007ZW-Sd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:28:41 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:42214) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLSDc-0007Fj-IM; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:28:37 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.33.237.219.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.33.237.219] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1KLSDW-0003Sq-Iv; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:28:30 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F1E25E0F9; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:28:30 +0900 (JST) In-Reply-To: (Stefan Monnier's message of "Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:16:26 -0400") System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Original-Lines: 20 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 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:101265 Archived-At: Stefan Monnier writes: >> It seems that C-c 8 X ... RET is the easiest to type. > > I think C-c 8 is reserved already, but indeed C-x 8 might be a very > good choice, since it's already used to enter other non-ascii chars. > I think it would make a lot of sense to extend it with other > combinations for various Unicode chars, as well as hex-codes for > arbitrary chars. That sounds like a great plan! It's perhaps the first suggested binding in this long thread that actually seems as if it stands a chance of being remembered by all those people who only use hex entry twice a year (by my thinking, the vast majority of users) ... :-) -Miles -- Twice, adv. Once too often.