Re: [h-e-w] Displaying Latin characters

[Peter Winship]

I'm not quite sure if this is what you're looking for, but here 
goes...

When I have this problem, I go to the emacs help (C-h i) then to the 
Emacs section, then the Concept Index, then search for "accent", then 
click on the 'link' there, which brings me to the page titled "26.18 
Unibyte Editing Mode".  There, you can find instructions for using the 
'C-x 8' commands to insert international characters and symbols.  By 
typing 'C-x 8 C-h', you can get a list of the available characters, 
thus:

Key translations Starting With C-x 8:
key             binding
---             -------

C-x 8 SPC
C-x 8 !         ¡
C-x 8 "         Prefix Command
C-x 8 $         ¤
C-x 8 '         Prefix Command
C-x 8 *         Prefix Command
C-x 8 +         ±
C-x 8 ,         Prefix Command
C-x 8 -         ­
C-x 8 .         ·
C-x 8 /         Prefix Command
C-x 8 1         Prefix Command
C-x 8 3         Prefix Command
C-x 8 <         «
C-x 8 =         ¯
C-x 8 >         »
C-x 8 ?         ¿
C-x 8 C         ©
C-x 8 L         £
C-x 8 P         ¶
C-x 8 R         ®
C-x 8 S         §
C-x 8 Y         ¥
C-x 8 ^         Prefix Command
C-x 8 _         Prefix Command
C-x 8 `         Prefix Command
C-x 8 c         ¢
C-x 8 m         µ
C-x 8 o         °
C-x 8 u         µ
C-x 8 x         ×
C-x 8 |         ¦
C-x 8 ~         Prefix Command

C-x 8 ~ SPC     ~
C-x 8 ~ A       Ã
C-x 8 ~ D       Ð
C-x 8 ~ N       Ñ
C-x 8 ~ O       Õ
C-x 8 ~ T       Þ
C-x 8 ~ a       ã
C-x 8 ~ d       ð
C-x 8 ~ n       ñ
C-x 8 ~ o       õ
C-x 8 ~ t       þ
C-x 8 ~ ~       ¬

C-x 8 ` SPC     `
C-x 8 ` A       À
C-x 8 ` E       È
C-x 8 ` I       Ì
C-x 8 ` O       Ò
C-x 8 ` U       Ù
C-x 8 ` a       à
C-x 8 ` e       è
C-x 8 ` i       ì
C-x 8 ` o       ò
C-x 8 ` u       ù

C-x 8 _ a       ª
C-x 8 _ o       º

C-x 8 ^ SPC     ^
C-x 8 ^ 1       ¹
C-x 8 ^ 2       ²
C-x 8 ^ 3       ³
C-x 8 ^ A       Â
C-x 8 ^ E       Ê
C-x 8 ^ I       Î
C-x 8 ^ O       Ô
C-x 8 ^ U       Û
C-x 8 ^ a       â
C-x 8 ^ e       ê
C-x 8 ^ i       î
C-x 8 ^ o       ô
C-x 8 ^ u       û

C-x 8 3 /       Prefix Command

C-x 8 1 /       Prefix Command

C-x 8 / /       ÷
C-x 8 / A       Å
C-x 8 / E       Æ
C-x 8 / O       Ø
C-x 8 / a       å
C-x 8 / e       æ
C-x 8 / o       ø

C-x 8 , ,       ¸
C-x 8 , C       Ç
C-x 8 , c       ç

C-x 8 ' SPC     '
C-x 8 ' '       ´
C-x 8 ' A       Á
C-x 8 ' E       É
C-x 8 ' I       Í
C-x 8 ' O       Ó
C-x 8 ' U       Ú
C-x 8 ' Y       Ý
C-x 8 ' a       á
C-x 8 ' e       é
C-x 8 ' i       í
C-x 8 ' o       ó
C-x 8 ' u       ú
C-x 8 ' y       ý

C-x 8 " SPC     "
C-x 8 " "       ¨
C-x 8 " A       Ä
C-x 8 " E       Ë
C-x 8 " I       Ï
C-x 8 " O       Ö
C-x 8 " U       Ü
C-x 8 " a       ä
C-x 8 " e       ë
C-x 8 " i       ï
C-x 8 " o       ö
C-x 8 " s       ß
C-x 8 " u       ü
C-x 8 " y       ÿ

C-x 8 * SPC
C-x 8 * !       ¡
C-x 8 * $       ¤
C-x 8 * +       ±
C-x 8 * -       ­
C-x 8 * .       ·
C-x 8 * <       «
C-x 8 * =       ¯
C-x 8 * >       »
C-x 8 * ?       ¿
C-x 8 * C       ©
C-x 8 * L       £
C-x 8 * P       ¶
C-x 8 * R       ®
C-x 8 * S       §
C-x 8 * Y       ¥
C-x 8 * c       ¢
C-x 8 * m       µ
C-x 8 * o       °
C-x 8 * u       µ
C-x 8 * x       ×
C-x 8 * |       ¦

C-x 8 3 / 4     ¾

C-x 8 1 / 2     ½
C-x 8 1 / 4     ¼


Global Bindings Starting With C-x 8:
key             binding
---             -------

C-x 8 RET       ucs-insert

Best of luck,
Peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John J. Xenakis" <address@hidden>
To: "Help Emacs Windows" <address@hidden>
Cc: <address@hidden>
Sent: Sunday, 03 January, 2010 19:55
Subject: [h-e-w] Displaying Latin characters


> What's the command or form for getting emacs on Windows to display
> Latin characters?
>
> E.g., I want é (e with acute accent) = (233 decimal) = (e9 hex) =
> (351 octal) to appear as "é", rather than as "\351".
>
> I know there must be a simple way to do it, but I've been searching
> through documentation for fonts and fontsets and coding, and I can't
> get emacs to display it as anything but "\351".
>
> Thanks.
>
> John