Re: How do I search for symbols such as \253 in Emacs

[Jambunathan K]

acomber <deedexy@gmail.com> writes:

> I see the symbols as \253 (or whatever) in Emacs.  But if I try to search for
> \253 (backslash then enter 253 it never finds them.  But if I cut and yank
> one of the symbols it works.  The trouble is the file I have is huge and
> finding these symbols is hard - even though I know what they are.  I just
> can't enter them to search.
>
> How do I search for these?

It is difficult to remember codepoints, ain't it? May be use recursive
minibuffers with ucs-insert?

See http://irreal.org/blog/?p=1327

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