bug#55668: Extending the `C-x 8' map to include macrons

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec@gmail.com> writes:

>>From the peanut gallery (I don't use macrons much in my writing, so
> please disregard if not helpful): if we are going to displace an
> existing binding, why not `C-x 8 ='?  It's currently bound to ¯
> (MACRON), and the = prefix is reminiscent of TeX, where \=o yields ō
> (which is usable right now with the TeX input method).

I think doing that might make sense.  And `C-x 8 = =' would insert ¯, so
it wouldn't be very disruptive for people.

(While I could see that some people would be annoyed by changing `C-x 8
-' to `C-x 8 - -'.)

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