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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>
Cc: 20499 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16082: bug#20499: [PROPOSED PATCH] C-x 8 shorthands for
 curved	quotes, Euro, etc.
Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 18:41:52 +0300

> From: Ivan Shmakov <ivan <at> siamics.net>
> Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 15:20:56 +0000
> 
>  > Shouldn't we prefer input methods instead?  We already have a
>  > plethora of Latin-N-something input methods (including
>  > latin-9-prefix), so why not add more characters there, instead of
>  > using iso-transl?
> 
>  > I think input methods generally get less in your way.
> 
> 	I tend to agree with that, but is there currently an easy way to
> 	switch between /two/ input methods?

I simply use "C-u C-\".  Granted, if every 2nd character you type is
U+2018, switching input methods is gonna hurt.  But that's not wwhat
happens normally, at least not to me, and you save those Alt-[
etc. for more useful tasks.
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