From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?Q?Elias_M=C3=A5rtenson?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Entering Unicode characters Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:14:36 +0800 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a1140f7140bbaf8052b62ac6d X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1455077702 2855 80.91.229.3 (10 Feb 2016 04:15:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:15:02 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eller.helmut@gmail.com, johnw@gnu.org, flexibeast@gmail.com, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Feb 10 05:14:58 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1aTMB8-0000mw-B6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Feb 2016 05:14:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35347 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTMB7-0002Mb-Gb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:14:57 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:50351) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTMAt-0002MG-3Y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:14:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTMAs-0006OX-5w for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:14:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-vk0-x22c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22c]:35971) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aTMAn-0006Nc-EW; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:14:37 -0500 Original-Received: by mail-vk0-x22c.google.com with SMTP id c3so5262983vkb.3; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 20:14:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=qbROl0QLhxofxSRj8b2ZQr3MUl4N2EStuVbsvKQzIuE=; b=GHMt4ISaH/6mQtJFsYbfZba36dz6P+x2omxSp9oYE/KgSGFx8iSd0o1DCoL11+xkPj DJIAKb+XH+yh48M/hZszOlpjQKfrYMf5eLglD2Jef+Z46MLp2WKbaM4VN71U+8cygoDx Uo7aumPJw9nOPKHxhcXOCBwxoLWuoxUg927YDl8ItiShT26Y0gGGFWM/cqK2RVTWP6pv OoDBKeT9vrGlTBTtTwQyZDrXAs4kXpjL/xH8T734nm6JMz9yfgrpaQLeUg7lSUR1L+o0 rPleDT2VfhDTBRsMOTlRHF7AeZrzANgLq3NDc+9oY0OjMBixPggFlhmCDmVLBEFnfaeD /q0w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=qbROl0QLhxofxSRj8b2ZQr3MUl4N2EStuVbsvKQzIuE=; b=PSNMMltxEczEzc0WdvAWceJHHkyWOr+xeOI1ziQQspkLxgChJbSb6QQVxlGgh9GMqB TrpT7AWSNVcNj8eQc81ZI+IXtIPIovzjby0F+7Cex1w6AUI4wqNvIpIatzsAO7/QSD8D V3nea6F0TWpnKlgwO3knmQK+vIezEGacrVubx6Qx4t70OMUTpupFXpi7MTJxaIiM0PsG DFOz8YvrKX38mKHjtRI0t1cJ7agm1f4eJirv3PXDUZedg/k+7aEl+/LoPc6i4WOklhty IWo/2OUTzEevQ+nPhv0OgClXqpD1U+fdXBLy3fT1nt9FOfXYAGkzxENvvvVMOK+hDFAm jXKg== X-Gm-Message-State: AG10YOQU+5YSM+MVGUxhNZ6ZOZ3rqxVN/haohGj83SPSpglES95cOJqruW+vUrY+wkb1aR+NeKIqMy4pradoOA== X-Received: by 10.31.153.85 with SMTP id b82mr28930082vke.121.1455077676781; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 20:14:36 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.176.67.135 with HTTP; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 20:14:36 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22c X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:199676 Archived-At: --001a1140f7140bbaf8052b62ac6d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 10 February 2016 at 10:07, Drew Adams wrote: > > You seem to be trying to prove we can't do this for ALL the Unicode > > characters, but I never said we could do them all. Doing it for just > > some characters will be useful. > > I was kidding about emoji. > > (You might be confusing me with someone else who spoke against > your idea of ASCII representations.) > I know this can't be used in a summary screen containing more than one character, but how about drawing a bitmap version of the character? If you use a, say, 32=C3=9732 grid you can represent pretty much anything. I can envision this being a useful thing to include in the C-u C-x =3D output. At least this would allow a user on an ASCII terminal (or even one on a graphical terminal with incomplete fonts) to see what a character looks like. --001a1140f7140bbaf8052b62ac6d Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On 1= 0 February 2016 at 10:07, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
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> You seem to be trying to prove we can't do this for ALL the = Unicode
> characters, but I never said we could do them all.=C2=A0 Doing it for = just
> some characters will be useful.

I was kidding about emoji.

(You might be confusing me with someone else who spoke against
your idea of ASCII representations.)

I = know this can't be used in a summary screen containing more than one ch= aracter, but how about drawing a bitmap version of the character? If you us= e a, say, 32=C3=9732 grid you can represent pretty much anything. I can env= ision this being a useful thing to include in the C-u C-x =3D output.
=

At least this would allow a user on an ASCII terminal (= or even one on a graphical terminal with incomplete fonts) to see what a ch= aracter looks like.
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