Re: describe-char should display the character's Unicode name

[Miles Bader]

Kenichi Handa <address@hidden> writes:
> You can use the input method "ucs" to input any Unicode
> character by typing its codepoint.  A method by typing
> Unicode name is not yet implemented.

An input method is not a good solution because while input methods are
good for heavy use, they're quite annoying to juggle for occasional inputs.

>> `ucs-insert'.  Is `ucs-insert' already obsolete?
>
> We can make it obsolete now.

Please don't, until there's a better replacement.

[One possibility would be an addition to C-q to make it accept "# hex-digits" 
or something.]

-Miles

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