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RE: Why is `C-x 8' limited to Latin-1 for search?
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Drew Adams |
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RE: Why is `C-x 8' limited to Latin-1 for search? |
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Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:44:42 -0800 |
> Shouldn't users be able to insert Unicode characters in any
> minibuffer, not only in `isearch-edit-string'? If these is no
> reason to disallow, this patch should allow this for
> `completing-read' in `read-char-by-name':
>
> + (let* ((enable-recursive-minibuffers t)
FWIW, I typically add such a binding not to a function like this but to
functions that call it. `read-char-by-name' does not know whether it is being
called from a minibuffer, i.e., whether it needs such a binding, but a function
that calls it generally does know that.
I don't think there is necessarily something wrong with doing what you suggest,
so I have no objection. I just generally prefer to do only what the current
code knows it needs.
One could make an even more radical suggestion than yours: that
`enable-recursive-minibuffers' simply be non-nil by default. (I am not
suggesting that.) But the design intention in the past has been to not bind it
to non-nil any more than necessary because it has been thought that recursive
minibuffers entered accidentally can confuse users.
I use mb-depth.el (which I tweak to use a simpler depth indicator and to let
users customize it). That helps a lot wrt recursive minibuffers. The main
confusion about recursive minibuffers is not knowing that you are in one or how
deep it is.
With mb-depth.el (which should be turned on by default, IMHO), I'm not sure how
much the original design decision of avoiding non-nil
`enable-recursive-minibuffers' is still appropriate/necessary.
Re: Why is `C-x 8' limited to Latin-1 for search?, Juri Linkov, 2012/12/10
- RE: Why is `C-x 8' limited to Latin-1 for search?,
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