Re: "ctrl+shift+u codepoint enter"

[tomas]

On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 07:24:29PM -0400, Noam Postavsky wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Apr 2019 at 17:46, Pierre-Henry F. <contact@phfrohring.com> wrote:
> 
> > Is there a way to make Emacs accept utf8 characters as other applications 
> > do on linux using IBus?
> > For example, `ctrl+shift+u 1642 enter` should be interpreted as the 
> > character `ᙂ` but is does not.
> > How to make this happen?
> 
> Not sure about IBus, but you could try
> 
> (define-key global-map (kbd "C-S-u") 'insert-char)
> 
> (Emacs' default binding for insert-char is C-x 8 RET).

With the neat feature that you don't have to hammer in the hex code,
but you can also start typing "smi" and TAB and you are offered all
the codes whose Unicode name starts with SMI, from "SMILE" through
"SMILING CAT FACE WITH HEART-SHAPED EYES" up to "SMIRKING FACE".

Can IBus do that?

Cheers
-- t

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