Re: Unicode progress tooltip?

[Jean Louis]

* 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