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Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators

From om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela)
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators
Date 2024-10-23 17:05 +0300
Organization Games and Theory
Message-ID <8734kmgbjg.fsf@tigger.extechop.net> (permalink)
References (1 earlier) <pan$49d0b$11f78ad1$d60b5799$120ef802@invalid.invalid> <87a5gwctw0.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <vaob37$3l470$6@dont-email.me> <87a5gwb3dt.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <vap2lp$3rvga$2@dont-email.me>

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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:04:46 -0700, Keith Thompson wrote:
>> There is no "Compose" key on the keyboard I'm using to type this.
>
> Remember, you can assign your own keys on *nix GUIs.
>
> I use Caps Lock for this purpose.

I've repurposed the bottom row "menu" key on my keyboard,
since the Mate window manager I use really doesn't require it.

>> People who use non-English languages typically have keyboards with
>> accented letters and so forth.
>
> As I have mentioned before, the idea that only “non-English languages”
> needs such symbols demonstrates a certain ... naïveté.

I like using compose - > to produce "→" and compose . . for "…"
even when I'm writing English.

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about some potentially interesting unicode operators fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-28 01:58 +0200
  Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Blue-Maned_Hawk <bluemanedhawk@invalid.invalid> - 2024-08-28 14:17 +0000
    Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-28 12:46 -0700
      Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-28 13:30 -0700
      Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-28 23:15 +0000
        Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-28 17:04 -0700
          Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-08-29 04:07 +0200
            Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-08-29 17:17 +0200
              Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-29 09:59 -0700
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-08-29 23:02 +0300
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-08-29 20:18 +0000
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-08-29 23:32 +0300
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-08-29 21:24 +0000
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-08-30 13:50 +0300
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-29 13:41 -0700
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-30 03:16 +0000
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-08-29 21:35 -0700
                Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-31 00:01 +0000
          Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-29 05:58 +0000
            Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) - 2024-10-23 17:05 +0300
          Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2024-08-29 12:51 +0200
    Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-28 23:13 +0000
      Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-08-29 03:36 +0200
      Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators fir <fir@grunge.pl> - 2024-08-29 10:45 +0200
  Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-08-28 23:11 +0000
  Re: about some potentially interesting unicode operators Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-09-05 07:07 +0000

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