Re: "ctrl+shift+u codepoint enter"

[Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm>]

On Mon, Apr 29 2019, Damien Collard wrote:
> On Lun, avr 29 2019, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
>>> (Emacs' default binding for insert-char is C-x 8 RET).
>>
>> With the neat feature that you don't have to hammer in the hex 
>> code,
>> but you can also start typing "smi" and TAB and you are offered 
>> all
>> the codes whose Unicode name starts with SMI, from "SMILE" 
>> through
>> "SMILING CAT FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES" up to "SMIRKING 
>> FACE".
>
> And if you use Helm, C-c h 8 (bound to `helm-ucs`) is like C-x 8 
> RET but

s/Helm/Helm or Ivy/

> also shows the characters themselves, not just their unicode 
> names
> (although it takes a while the first time it's invoked in a 
> session as
> it "collects" the characters...)
>
> Damien


-- 
Joost Kremers
Life has its moments