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29.0.50; to make use of ucd/Unihan_Readings.txt for kDefinition entry

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From: Van Ly <van.ly <at> sdf.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 52918 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#52918: 29.0.50; to make use of ucd/Unihan_Readings.txt for kDefinition entry
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 02:15:06 +0000 (UTC)

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On Mon, 3 Jan 2022, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>>    . Unihan_Readings.txt
>>
>> Like how quail-show-key helps by showing in the minibuffer the input
>> sequence needed to type a character for a specific input method, can
>> there be a function called quail-show-unihan that exposes in the
>> minibuffer the kDefinition entry associated with the East Asian
>> character from ucd/Unihan_Readings.txt?
>
> Yes, this could be added to Emacs, and IMO would be a useful feature.
>
> Suggested implementation:
>
>  . import the Unihan_Readings.txt file into Emacs
>  . add Makefile rules to produce a uni-unihan-readings.el file from
>    Unihan_Readings.txt, which defines a char-table where each
>    character has its kDefinition property value
>  . code a minor mode which will show in the echo area the value of
>    the kDefinition property, if any, of the character at point
>
> Patches welcome.
>

See patch attached.

Two of the three implementation steps suggested are done.

-- 
vl

[0029-bug-52918-generate-East-Asian-readings-char-table.patch (text/plain, attachment)]

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