GNU bug report logs - #55668
Extending the `C-x 8' map to include macrons

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Message #17 received at 55668 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tor Kringeland <tor.kringeland <at> ntnu.no>
To: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
Cc: "55668 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <55668 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#55668: Extending the `C-x 8' map to include macrons
Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 12:49:40 +0000

Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com> writes:

> From the peanut gallery (I don't use macrons much in my writing, so
> please disregard if not helpful): if we are going to displace an
> existing binding, why not `C-x 8 ='?  It's currently bound to ¯
> (MACRON), and the = prefix is reminiscent of TeX, where \=o yields ō
> (which is usable right now with the TeX input method).

Didn't know about this one.  I think it'd be better to use it instead of
`C-x 8 -', then, since the change in behavior is not so different.

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