Re: inputting characters by hexadigit

[Juri Linkov]

> Juri> I propose `RET'.  Currently `C-q RET' inserts "^M".
> Juri> And it is more natural to insert ^M by using `C-q C-m'.
>
> RET and C-m are the same on most terminals.  And it does need to be
> entered by way of C-q on occasion.

Ah, of course, I was confused by the case of M-TAB and M-C-i.
They are the same for Emacs but window managers steal one of them.

Maybe then `C-q M-RET'?

> I do like Your idea of using the standard number schemes as an option,
> but I also want something super simple like C-q <hex>+ RET.

Isn't `C-q M-RET #x<hex>+ RET' still easy to type?

Or even `C-q M-: #x<hex>+ RET'?  This is very similar to eval-expression
such as `C-u M-: #x<hex>+ RET' with only one difference that the latter
inserts it as a number and the former will insert it as a character.

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Juri Linkov
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