Re: Using punctuation in abbrev

[Emanuel Berg]

Aurélien Aptel <aurelien.aptel+emacs@gmail.com> writes:

> I plan on having a lot of easy-to-remember abbreviations for
> unicode chars I regularly use, all prefixed by $ or some other
> less used character ... Calling insert-char is too cumbersome
> and breaks the flow.

Just curious: what Unicode chars do you regularly use?

Another thought: Pick a shortcut that is very "fast" (short, and
without you having to move your hand), like M-; or C-o (it depends
what is already wired into your hands, and what you already do
useful stuff with - don't change that - but there are many
shortcuts...).

Then, write a defun that waits for a keystroke, then inserts the
Unicode char depending on what was hit, So, say, M-; l is right
arrow, M-; j is left arrow, M-; i is up arrow, etc.

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