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Re: Insert Euro symbol
From: |
Kai Großjohann |
Subject: |
Re: Insert Euro symbol |
Date: |
Fri, 03 May 2002 11:52:43 +0200 |
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Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> Why not augment the existing input methods to do what you find
> convenient in C-x 8, or make a new input method, if augmenting
> existing ones is impractical?
Ah, I think I made a mistake in phrasing my message. Here is what I
really want:
Normally I use input method X but every once in a while I'd like to
insert a character which is not in input method X. I would like a
convenient method to press a couple of keys that lead to insertion of
this character. Preferably a mnemonic key sequence :-)
I don't think of C-x 8 as an implementation method, I only think of
it as a way to type a sequence of keys to achieve what I want.
Your suggestion of augmenting german-prefix to also make it possible
to enter the euro sign is a good suggestion. However, it will not
work for all cases. Input methods generally frob keys which are
normally self-inserting. But if too many of the self-inserting keys
change their meaning, usage of the self-inserting keys becomes
cumbersome. (That's what I don't want to use latin-1-prefix: it
frobs the "'" key which I use often.)
So I would like to have a method which starts with a key which is
normally not self-inserting. And C-x 8 just came to mind as an
example. It doesn't have to be C-x 8.
Does this explain what I'm looking for?
(Incidentally, I think it might be nice to be able to insert named
characters. So the user hits a key, then types, say "LATIN CAPITAL
LETTER A WITH OGONEK" (with completion), and then that character is
inserted. This is, of course, orthogonal to the C-x 8 feature.)
kai
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