From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Aur=C3=A9lien_Aptel?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using punctuation in abbrev Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 19:17:06 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87vc5x3x5b.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1370193440 11845 80.91.229.3 (2 Jun 2013 17:17:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 17:17:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 02 19:17:19 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UjBuB-0008Na-0I for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:17:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60996 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UjBuA-0005Ko-Dh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:17:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39832) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UjBu1-0005KY-Eb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:17:10 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UjBu0-0007dC-9i for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:17:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-lb0-f171.google.com ([209.85.217.171]:39107) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UjBu0-0007d5-2S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:17:08 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-lb0-f171.google.com with SMTP id v5so298027lbc.2 for ; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:17:07 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kayfdMNv3deGeLmTOzJedTt7WH48TWykYHyYH++2UBI=; b=YQB+eeaVevJ8DPLg2zi3gcm+mGbgB2n7M2j3oWg/K5w65AfFVtcp1VhOLmy2pDJpEd rLVkHEgpJV1CIt61TYSmiauAViL068iua9yjWkHKLf/QecsecgCSjIMqV9kPkl/hzpkd GgcUFZB4sZzXvvHyFRRR+KxXUC38FSEJuOeZ5Wk5VtzmRnEWona1rotbtwpZIu5rA5f5 2NrQvAWxiR9GN7mUbzulo4fO66FOrVS+XMr6jH+aM4zFebxCJeEcxE6ns/OHmF8DYTmy uOuvHm92lyKjdIuwTryUga5E0TjTSdJUe0WJDASa9WlKF1ekjCYJo95JHt90MHQD+WhK rIgQ== X-Received: by 10.152.121.73 with SMTP id li9mr9305816lab.18.1370193427120; Sun, 02 Jun 2013 10:17:07 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.114.91.201 with HTTP; Sun, 2 Jun 2013 10:17:06 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87vc5x3x5b.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> X-Google-Sender-Auth: LP69JsewfgyMPLaR9cl7_60UCQ0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.217.171 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:91233 Archived-At: On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Emanuel Berg wrote= : > Just curious: what Unicode chars do you regularly use? mainly arrows, =C3=97, =E2=89=A0, =E2=89=88, ... > Another thought: Pick a shortcut that is very "fast" (short, and > without you having to move your hand), like M-; or C-o (it depends > what is already wired into your hands, and what you already do > useful stuff with - don't change that - but there are many > shortcuts...). > > Then, write a defun that waits for a keystroke, then inserts the > Unicode char depending on what was hit, So, say, M-; l is right > arrow, M-; j is left arrow, M-; i is up arrow, etc. That's not a bad alternative. I think I'll do this.