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Re: Writing source code with Unicode characters
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Florian Beck |
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Re: Writing source code with Unicode characters |
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Fri, 07 Feb 2014 01:32:02 +0100 |
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On 06.02.2014 19:26, Óscar Fuentes wrote:
What can I use to make more convenient the insertion of Unicode chars?
(I'm mostly interested on Greek letters and other math-related symbols
How about abbrev-mode? It's convenient and works on the fly.
Whenever I find something tedious to type, I make an abbreviation (C-x a
g) for it.
Then I have this in my .emacs:
;; allow § in abbrevs
(modify-syntax-entry ?§ "w" text-mode-syntax-table)
(modify-syntax-entry ?§ "w" prog-mode-syntax-table)
;; save and load abbrevs
(quietly-read-abbrev-file)
(add-hook 'kill-emacs-hook 'write-abbrev-file)
;; activate
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'abbrev-mode)
(add-hook 'emacs-lisp-mode-hook 'abbrev-mode)
I never use §, so I can use it here. E.g. §l -> λ.
Abbrev mode also takes care of case, so you get the upper case Λ for free.
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Florian Beck