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Re: Unicode progress tooltip?
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Jean Louis |
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Re: Unicode progress tooltip? |
Date: |
Tue, 13 Oct 2020 08:38:57 +0300 |
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Mutt/1.14.0 (2020-05-02) |
* Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> [2020-10-12 13:18]:
> >>>>> On Sun, 11 Oct 2020 22:22:58 +0530, Pankaj Jangid
> >>>>> <pankaj@codeisgreat.org> said:
>
> Pankaj> On Sun, Oct 11 2020, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> >> I have a US layout keyboard. I occasionally need to type non-ASCII
> stuff
> >> like ¾, ₤ or é. I've now memorized a few Compose key sequences
> (environment
> >> is Ubuntu 20.04), but golly gee, there are a lot of them! I noticed
> that
> >> when I mash down on the Compose key a little tooltip pops up
> >>
> >> [image: Screenshot from 2020-10-11 10-59-29.png]
> >>
> >> and is extended as more keys are pressed. Once a complete sequence is
> >> entered, the appropriate glyph is rendered and the tooltip dismissed.
> This
> >> is very nice.
>
> Pankaj> You need two things:
>
> Pankaj> (1) Install which-key package, then
> Pankaj> (2) Press ‘C-x 8’ (then wait for a second)
>
> Pankaj> In step (2) if you press RET instead of waiting then you can enter
> Pankaj> UNICODE CHARACTER NAME also.
>
> Pankaj> The characters you have entered are unicode - FRACTION THREE
> QUARTER,
> Pankaj> POUND SIGN, LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
>
> Or you can search through the available names by prepending a '*'. Try
>
> C-x 8 RET *FRACTION TAB TAB
It is good using there some completion like ido, helm, etc.
There is one sign named HEXAGRAM FOR PROGRESS ䷢ but I do not see it
with DejaVu Sans Mono.
Jean