Re: Unicode progress tooltip?

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> 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

Robert
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