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From: | Juri Linkov |
Subject: | bug#13177: 24.3.50; doc of `read-char-by-name' |
Date: | Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:18:35 +0200 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) |
>>> Dunno just what the intention was for this function. If it really >>> was to return a recognized Unicode character then this is a product >>> bug and reading should not end until the user enters matching input >>> (or hits `C-g'). >> As its docstring says, it also accepts a hexadecimal number >> of Unicode code whose input can't use completion. > > That does not preclude using require-match. I guess you mean adding a predicate that will check input for a valid hex number? It could act as an union of character name completions and a predicate to check hex numbers. But I don't imagine how to combine them without adding a large list of all possible hex numbers to the completion list.
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