Re: inputting characters by hexadigit

[Stefan Monnier]

>> > 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.

> C-x 8 1 and C-x 8 3 are already used.  That's why I proposed
> C-x # ... instead.  Or, do you mean this?

>   C-x 8 _SOME_NON_USED_KEY_ X X X X RET

I'd drop the C-x 8 1 / 2, C-x 8 1 / 4, and C-x 8 3 / 4, replace them
with something else, and then use C-x 8 NNNN RET.  Note that I'd also
imagine the NNNN to use hex, so it would also conflict with other
existing bindings, but I think we can force the use to use C-x 8 0 NNNN
for those cases.


        Stefan