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Merge pull request #321 from CIAvash/unicode_entry_emacs_rfc1345_input_method
Add another way of entering unicode characters in Emacs
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=head2 Emacs
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In L<Emacs|http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/>, unicode characters are
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entered by first entering the chord C<Ctrl-x 8 Enter> at which point the
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text C<Unicode (name or hex):> appears in the mode line. One then enters
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entered by first entering the chord C<C-x 8 RET> at which point the
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text C<Unicode (name or hex):> appears in the minibuffer. One then enters
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the unicode code point hexadecimal number followed by the enter key. The
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unicode character will now appear in the document. Thus, to enter the Greek
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letter λ (lambda), one uses the following key combination (whitespace has
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been added between the commands for clarity):
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letter λ (lambda), one uses the following key combination:
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Ctrl-x 8 Enter 3bb Enter
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C-x 8 RET 3bb RET
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Further information about unicode and its entry into Emacs can be found on
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the L<Unicode Encoding Emacs wiki
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page|http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/UnicodeEncoding>.
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You can also use L<RFC 1345|https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1345> character
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mnemonics by typing:
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C-x RET C-\ rfc1345 RET
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Or C<C-u C-\ rfc1345 RET>.
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To type special characters, type C<&> followed by a mnemonic.
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Emacs will show the possible characters in the echo area.
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For example, Greek letter λ (lambda) can be entered by typing:
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&l*
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You can use C<C-\> to toggle L<input method|https://www.gnu.org/software/
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emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Select-Input-Method.html>.
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L<List of unicode characters and their mnemonics|http://quae.nl/rfc1345.html>
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=head2 Unix shell
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At the bash shell, one enters unicode characters by using entering

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