Re: inputting characters by hexadigit

[Miles Bader]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:
>> It seems that C-c 8 X ... RET is the easiest to type.
>
> I think C-c 8 is reserved already, but indeed C-x 8 might be a very
> good choice, since it's already used to enter other non-ascii chars.
> I think it would make a lot of sense to extend it with other
> combinations for various Unicode chars, as well as hex-codes for
> arbitrary chars.

That sounds like a great plan!

It's perhaps the first suggested binding in this long thread that
actually seems as if it stands a chance of being remembered by all those
people who only use hex entry twice a year (by my thinking, the vast
majority of users) ... :-)

-Miles

-- 
Twice, adv. Once too often.