GNU bug report logs - #20499
[PROPOSED PATCH] C-x 8 shorthands for curved quotes, Euro, etc.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 01:15:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Merged with 16082

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #126 received at 20499 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: ivan <at> siamics.net, 20499 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20499: [PROPOSED PATCH] C-x 8 shorthands for curved quotes,
 Euro, etc.
Date: Fri, 08 May 2015 14:46:56 -0400
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  > If that's the use case (I don't think you described it before), then
  > we indeed need a convenient facility to browse character glyphs.  But
  > that facility should allow to specify additional information, such as
  > the script name, or block name, or the base character, otherwise you
  > are likely to give up due to the sheer number of characters to view.

I agree that those additional features would make it better.

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