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

Previous Next

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.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: 20499 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20499: C-x 8 shorthands for curved quotes, Euro, etc.
Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 18:00:03 -0400

> 	Arguably, you cannot pick one, either, if you only know how it
> 	/looks/ – not how it’s named.  (As in: named in English.)

BTW, the completion in C-x 8 RET will not only show you the character
name but will also (try to) display the actual character as an
annotation in the *Completions* buffer.


        Stefan
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 346 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.