bug#71411: 30.0.50; Show Unicode names when describing translations

[Stephen Berman]

On Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:25:12 +0200 Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>> On Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:01:41 +0200, Stephen Berman
> <stephen.berman@gmx.net> said:
>
>     Stephen> On Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:16:38 +0200 Robert Pluim
>     Stephen> <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:
>     >>>>>>> On Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:08:33 +0300, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> 
> said:
>     >> 
>     Eli> Does this mean that if I type "C-h k a" I will be told that a is 
> LATIN
>     Eli> SMALL LETTER A?  That'd be an annoyance, I think.
>     >> 
>     >> Thatʼs not a translated binding, so no.
>     >> 
>     >> Let me attach the patches.
>     Stephen> [...]
>     >> diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
>     >> index c63e231f44f..66bc4d741ff 100644
>     >> --- a/etc/NEWS
>     >> +++ b/etc/NEWS
>     >> @@ -182,6 +182,20 @@ This user option controls outline visibility in
>     >> the output buffer of
>     >> *** 'C-h m' ('describe-mode') uses outlining by default.
>     >> Set 'describe-mode-outline' to nil to get back the old behavior.
>     >> 
>     >> +*** 'C-h k' ('describe-key') shows Unicode name.
>     >> +For translated keys only, this will now show the Unicode name of the
>     >> +translation, e.g. 'C-h k C-x 8 E' will now show
>     >> +
>     >> +    € 'EURO SIGN' (translated from C-x 8 E)
>
>     Stephen> How do you input 'C-h k C-x 8 E'?  I can only input 'C-h k C-x 8 
> e'.
>     Stephen> (Also with 'C-x 8' typing 'E' (i.e. 'S-e') inputs 'e').
>
> Itʼs a binding I added to master on Monday.

Ah, time to git pull again.

>                                             You can use
>
> 'C-h k C-x 8 * E'
>
> instead.

Oh, right, I forgot about that.  Thanks.

Steve Berman