Re: Inputting UTF8 in Emacs

[uzibalqa]

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On Sunday, December 17th, 2023 at 1:40 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:


> > Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2023 10:43:15 +0000
> > From: uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me
> > Cc: uzibalqa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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> > 
> > > What version of Emacs are you using? With Emacs 29 and 30, when I type
> > > `C-x 8 RET LOG TAB TAB', the Completions buffer pops up showing this:
> > 
> > Am using Emacs 30.0.50
> > 
> > Although I got it to work, can things be simplified further. For instance,
> > having a command that moves from one character set to another, showing the
> > same as is shown by the use of "TAB TAB".
> 
> 
> This already exists: use M-<DOWN> and M-<UP> arrow keys.

`C-x 8 RET M-<DOWN>' takes a long time to load and display.  All the UTF8
characters get displayed in a long list with M-<DOWN> and M-<UP> moving
a character at a time.  

My interest is in displaying a page (e.g. a table) at a time with just the
UTF8 characters of a particular set.  And shifting one set at a time.

To have an idea, consider the case if `C-x 8 RET M-<DOWN>' shows the first
character set (e.g. Arrows).  Then pressing "M-<DOWN>" again shows the next 
character set (e.g. Math Operators), and so on.  Makes browsing the UTF8 
characters much faster and you are moving by Character Set rather them by
Character Glyph.