GNU bug report logs - #17702
24.3; insert-char no longer inserts "bell" control character

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 14:15:03 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>
Cc: ulm <at> gentoo.org, 17702 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17702: 24.3; insert-char no longer inserts "bell" control character
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2014 09:30:17 +0300

> From: Josh <josh <at> foxtail.org>
> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 15:38:52 -0700
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 17702 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> The passage you quoted suggests a possible enhancement to insert-char,
> namely adding support for ISO 6429 names in addition to Unicode names,
> using suffixes something like "BELL (Unicode)" and "BELL (ISO 6429)" to
> disambiguate.

There's no need for Emacs to recognize yet another set of names, it
already looks in the 'old-name' property of the characters, and
considers them as completion candidates for "C-x 8 RET".

This is not an issue with missing data; this is an issue with how we
present that data to the user.
This bug report was last modified 10 years and 355 days ago.

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