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Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation
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Robert Pluim |
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Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation |
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Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:36:23 +0200 |
>>>>> On Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:09:34 +0300, Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> said:
>> I have one comment: using `read-char-by-name' is kind
>> of cumbersome when all you want to do is find the equivalents to
>> e.g. 'a'. Would it make sense to have something similar to
>> `read-char-by-name' but that accepted single characters *without*
>> treating those as hex? Youʼd still be able to enter single digit
>> hex characters by prefixing them with '0'.
Juri> Wouldn't it be cleaner to use just (read-char-from-minibuffer
"Character: ")
Juri> where you can either type a character directly or use 'C-x 8 RET'
Juri> to insert a character by its name.
I guess that works as well, but then youʼre assuming knowledge of 'C-x
8 RETʼ. I canʼt come up with a strong argument either ways, so Iʼm
going to chicken out here and see what Eli says ☺️
Robert
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- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Juri Linkov, 2022/08/30
- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Robert Pluim, 2022/08/31
- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Juri Linkov, 2022/08/31
- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation,
Robert Pluim <=
- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/08/31
- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Robert Pluim, 2022/08/31
- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Juri Linkov, 2022/08/31
- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Eli Zaretskii, 2022/08/31
- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Robert Pluim, 2022/08/31
- RE: [External] : Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Drew Adams, 2022/08/31
- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Juri Linkov, 2022/08/31
- Re: emacs-28 a866674b2a: Fix inaccuracies in "lax search" documentation, Stefan Monnier, 2022/08/31