Re: Feature suggestion

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:33:58 -0400
> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden
> 
>     Type "C-x 8 RET" followed by the hexadecimal code of the character
>     (shown by "C-u C-x ="), and Bob's your uncle.
> 
>     Would mentioning that in the text do the job?
> 
> Yes, it would.  That is an obscure command,
> and I would not know what search string to use
> to find it with apropos.
> 
> I think there is a way to enter characters by their long names, too,
> but I don't recall what it is.  It would be good to mention that
> method too.

I've done both in revision 108521 on the trunk.  It now says

      to input: type "C-x 8 RET HEX-CODEPOINT" or "C-x 8 RET NAME"