Re: Unicode input

>>>>> "Geoff" == Geoff Leach <[email protected]> writes:

    Geoff> So far I've been using insert-ucs-character to directly
    Geoff> input unicode points. But I seem to recall an input
    Geoff> method/approach where the unicode character could be typed
    Geoff> in the buffer as a four digit hex number and it would be
    Geoff> converted. Is there such?

I'd say the thing to do would be just to wrap insert-ucs-character in
a function that reads four hex characters, converts to an integer, and
inserts.  Then bind that to ?# or ?&.  You could even define ?U as a
prefix character such that [?U ?+] invokes the new function, and ?U
followed by anything else self-inserts (this would be complicated to
get right, though).  Make a minor mode so that it can be inserted as
an SGML entity or as a Unicode character according to user option.



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