GNU bug report logs - #36454
26.2.90; feature request - Insert char by hex tab completion or C-x 8 RET ffe <TAB>

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Message #60 received at 36454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: van <at> scratch.space, 36454 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mrsebastianurban <at> gmail.com,
 larsi <at> gnus.org, drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#36454: 26.2.90;
 feature request - Insert char by hex tab completion or C-x 8 RET ffe
 <TAB>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:07:38 -0400

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  > Completion is a very poor means for discovery and browsing.

There could be better, but I have used completion with C-x 8 RET
in the past few weeks to discover characters.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)

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