From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rusi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Insert for each symbol (upside down A) in an emacs text document Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 00:26:35 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: References: 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 1400916625 29072 80.91.229.3 (24 May 2014 07:30:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 07:30:25 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 24 09:30:19 2014 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 1Wo6PL-0007oa-43 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 May 2014 09:30:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47047 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wo6PK-0006OS-KA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 24 May 2014 03:30:18 -0400 X-Received: by 10.42.62.11 with SMTP id w11mr4076122ich.29.1400916396446; Sat, 24 May 2014 00:26:36 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.50.137.67 with SMTP id qg3mr196144igb.2.1400916396341; Sat, 24 May 2014 00:26:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!c1no15713133igq.0!news-out.google.com!qf4ni12380igc.0!nntp.google.com!c1no15713126igq.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=59.95.33.160; posting-account=mBpa7woAAAAGLEWUUKpmbxm-Quu5D8ui Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 59.95.33.160 User-Agent: G2/1.0 Injection-Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 07:26:36 +0000 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:205539 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:97809 Archived-At: On Saturday, May 24, 2014 3:51:05 AM UTC+5:30, Patricia J. Hawkins wrote: > >>>>> "AC" =3D=3D Angus Comber writes: > AC> I am writing up some mathematical documents and would like to use the= for > AC> all (upside down A) and there exists symbol (backwards E). > AC> Firstly, how do I insert these symbols? > Quick & dirty way, if it's just a few characters, is just to find them > on the web, copy and paste, save to file, keep the file open in a > window, and then copy and paste when you need them. From > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_logic_symbols: > =E2=88=80=E2=88=83 I find Xah Lee's pages quite useful http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_math_operators.html And other curiosities like: http://xahlee.info/comp/unicode_matching_brackets.html > AC> Secondly, can I insert into a text document? Or does it have to be a > AC> unicode document? > Your text file is already using unicode. Nothing defaults to ASCII > anymore.=20 I recently got a file from a colleague who thought she was typing unicode but the encoding was not UTF-8 so the file was mojibaked. So, yes things dont (cant?) default to ASCII any more but that does not mean unicode (UTF-8) just works. In emacs if you see a 'U' in the modeline left corner, its unicode. Else you have some debugging to do.