Re: inputting characters by hexadigit

[David Kastrup]

address@hidden (Johan Bockgård) writes:

> Miles Bader <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>>> If we consider that C-q <char> should stick to "insert <char>", then
>>> one way to still use C-q + <charcode> is to use non-chars in <charcode>,
>>> e.g. use the meta modifier.
>>
>> While that's a nice goal, I'm not sure the alternatives to C-q + MAGIC
>> are any better...
>
> C-q with a negative prefix argument currently does nothing...

C-- C-u C-u C-q e3 RET for base 16 entry?  Not the most pretty thing in
sight, but probably easier to type than the equivalent C-- 16 C-q e3
RET.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum