GNU bug report logs - #24902
25.1; C-x = for Unicode

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl <at> rz.uni-regensburg.de>

Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 12:04:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 25.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> amu.edu.pl>
To: Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz>
Cc: schwab <at> suse.de, Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl <at> rz.uni-regensburg.de>, 24902 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24902: Antw: Re: bug#24902: 25.1; C-x = for Unicode
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 05:56:15 +0100

On 2016-11-08, at 20:53, Phil Sainty <psainty <at> orcon.net.nz> wrote:

> On 09/11/16 02:49, Ulrich Windl wrote:
>> What I'd like to see is something like this:
>> "Char:   (8199, #o20007, #x2007, "FIGURE SPACE") point=880 of 880 (99%)
>> column=0"
>
> For long unicode names that's more like:
>
> "Char:   (11137, #o25601, #x2b81, "UPWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW
> LEFTWARDS OF DOWNWARDS TRIANGLE-HEADED ARROW", file ...) point=146 of
> 146 (99%) column=0"
>
> Which is definitely wrapping in an 80 column terminal.

Fair enough.  OTOH, I =was= aware of C-u C-x =, but I'd still want the
behavior Ulrich wrote about, possibly enabled through an option.
I could actually write a patch to do it, WDYT?

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
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