Re: Fwd: Alt+numpad to write special symbols

[MON KEY <monkey@sandpframing.com>]

> Like in GTK+ `Ctrl+Shift+U hex RET' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_input
> we could finish entering the number with RET, e.g. `M-2 M-7 M-0 M-f RET'.
> Or expect a fixed-length four-digit number `M-2 M-7 M-0 M-f' where the last
> fourth digit finishes the sequence.  In any case, your up/down events code
> would be useful for other purposes as well.

If I understand correctly what the goal is re: hex input and Unicode,
following was written to accomplish just such task:

(defun mon-test-keypresses (&optional first second third)
  "Used to test if additional optional args have been passed to interactive.\n
EXAMPLE:\nM-34 M-x mon-test-keypresses\n
=> \(\(meta . 51\) \(meta . 52\) \(meta . 120\) mon-test-keypresses\)\n►►►"
  (interactive "P\nP\np")
  (let ((accum-string '())
	(accum-event '())
	(self 'mon-test-keypresses))
    (mapc (lambda (x)
            (cond ((= x 13) nil)
                  ((or (eql (car (event-modifiers x)) 'meta)
                       (eql (car (event-modifiers x)) 'control))
                   (setq accum-event (cons (cons (car (event-modifiers
x)) (event-basic-type x)) accum-event)))
                  (t (setq accum-string (cons (char-to-string
(event-basic-type x)) accum-string)))))
          (this-command-keys-vector))
    (setq accum-event (reverse accum-event))
    (setq accum-string (reverse accum-string))
    (setq accum-string (apply 'concat accum-string))
    (setq accum-string `(,@accum-event ,(if (string= accum-string
self) self accum-string)))
        (prin1 accum-string)))

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