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 11:18:36 +0900 Message-ID: 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> <007c01c8ec1b$96c25750$0200a8c0@us.oracle.com> 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 1216779546 25407 80.91.229.12 (23 Jul 2008 02:19:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:19:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: handa@m17n.org, lekktu@gmail.com, tzz@lifelogs.com, david@harpegolden.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@jurta.org, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, Drew Adams To: ams@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 23 04:19:52 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 1KLTxH-0002AB-V5 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:19:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48560 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLTwO-0008BW-H6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:18:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLTwJ-00089H-4H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:18:51 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KLTwG-00085W-FE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:18:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50446 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KLTwG-00085T-8l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:18:48 -0400 Original-Received: from tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp ([202.32.8.206]:51000) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KLTwA-0006fa-78; Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:18:42 -0400 Original-Received: from relay11.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.46]) by tyo202.gate.nec.co.jp (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id m6N2Iab3008065; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:18:38 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from relay21.aps.necel.com ([10.29.19.16] [10.29.19.16]) by relay11.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:18:38 +0900 Original-Received: from dhapc248.dev.necel.com ([10.114.112.215] [10.114.112.215]) by relay21.aps.necel.com with ESMTP; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:18:37 +0900 Original-Received: by dhapc248.dev.necel.com (Postfix, from userid 31295) id 9E5635B5; Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:18:37 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:38:00 -0400") Original-Lines: 16 X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 8 (1) 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:101268 Archived-At: "Alfred M. Szmidt" writes: > What about C-\ and having a input method (maybe that already exists?), > would be a lovley feature to use to input multiple unicode characters, > and then drop back to whatever input method you were using. There is one already, but it's a pain to use in practice. There really needs to be a one-shot input command, for the same reason we need (the current) C-x 8 in addition to the various latin input methods. -Miles -- "Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it." Mahatma Gandhi