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

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Ivan Shmakov <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: Sun, 10 May 2015 22:25:41 -0400

> Fixing this will take some thinking, because we'll need to devise ways to
> type the "hard" Latin letters.

Indeed.

> I suppose latin-ltx and iso-transl should use similar approaches here.

Of course, in my ideal world, iso-transl and latin-ltx should not just
use similar approaches, but C-x 8 should basically work like a kind of
"enable TeX input method just for this char, and pre-insert \".


        Stefan
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