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Vagn Johansen  
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 More options Aug 25 2012, 1:34 pm
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From: Vagn Johansen <gonz...@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:34:26 +0200
Local: Sat, Aug 25 2012 1:34 pm
Subject: Re: How to type Unicode Characters in Minibuffer?
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Rodericus <sc...@web.de> writes:
> Dear Sirs!

> I want to call "string-replace" for replacing a string
> with one containing an unicode char. How do I type it
> in the minibuffer? At best giving the decimal/hexadecimal
> number of the character?

Use C-q.

If you set read-quoted-char-radix to 16

  (setq read-quoted-char-radix 16)

you can use hex (it defaults to 8 (octal) for some unknown reason).

For example: C-q 5 0 b b RET

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Vagn Johansen


 
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