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25.1; C-x = for Unicode

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Message #195 received at 24902 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 24902 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>, Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>,
 Ulrich Windl <Ulrich.Windl <at> rz.uni-regensburg.de>
Subject: Re: bug#24902: Antw: [EXT] Re: bug#24902: 25.1; C-x = for Unicode
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 18:40:58 +0100

30 jan. 2022 kl. 16.47 skrev Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>:

> What I see attractive about splitting this up into two commands is that
> there's more information about positions and characters that would be
> useful, I think.  



> For instance, when I'm wondering about a character
> it's because it's odd to me somehow, so knowing the name and the
> general-category of the character (in addition to the Unicode char
> number) is what I'd like to know.

Being a two-letter code, the general category could certainly fit into the current (revised) format. While you and I would find it useful, we are ones who know our Zp from our Cf; the typical user may find those codes mysterious. But perhaps that is not automatically a usability problem?

Otherwise, for more exact inspection of the character at point we have describe-char, or `C-u C-x =`. (Most people seem to agree that its layout could be improved but that's a different matter.)

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