Is there a way to visually browse/explore the Unicode symbols
available in GNU Emacs (CVS) either globally or locally defined by a
specific/current font? Compare list-colors-display().

Thanks in advance,
Nordlöw

Am 08.07.2008 um 14:58 schrieb Nordlöw:

Yes. Open utf8.txt from the Kermit distribution. When you're using
only fonts (as opposed to fontsets) then you'll see, what this font
can offer for you.

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Peter Dyballa writes:

How exactly do I do this: »using only fonts (as opposed to fontsets)«?
As far as I can see I am always using a fontset.

Anyway, to see how a certain character is displayed, simply insert it:

(insert (propertize STRING 'face `(:family ,(format "%%s" FONT))))

To visualise how a certain character is displayed by all your fonts, you
can use something like this:

On Jul 8, 5:58 am, Nordlöw gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not aware of one... (not that i would know...)

However, you could easly create your own by several means. Here's few
possibilities.

• Just create a file and insert unicode you use often. Then, you can
easily define a command and bind it to f6, so pressing a buttons shows
it.

For some symbols i use, i have

http://xahlee.org/emacs/unicode.txt
http://xahlee.org/Periodic_dosage_dir/t1/20040505_unicode.html

; open my unicode template with F8 key
(global-set-key (kbd "")
(lambda () (interactive) (find-file "~/my_unicode_template.txt")))

• here's a code that insert unicode chars 32 to 128

Am 09.07.2008 um 00:52 schrieb Florian Beck:

I don't know for sure. Maybe it works to select a certain font from
the fonts menu (S-mouse-1).

Peter Dyballa writes:

Well, yes, but you can use it to get the data you need.

I do it with this function:

(defun test-unicode (&optional font)
(interactive)
(let (unidata)
(with-temp-buffer
(insert-file-contents "/home/fb/src/emacs/admin/unidata/UnicodeData.txt")
(goto-char (point-min)...

Am 09.07.2008 um 16:32 schrieb Florian Beck:

Impressive!

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