[plt-dev] Unicode is a pain

From: Richard Cobbe (cobbe at ccs.neu.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 16 07:03:14 EDT 2009

On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 07:53:39PM -0400, Anthony Cowley wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Carl Eastlund <cce at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> > Not really, if you count the time it'd take me to look up in Help Desk
> > how to do that.  I already know how to type the alphabet; I haven't
> > memorized DrScheme's Unicode shortcuts.  Nor does every programmer
> > interested in the contract system necessarily use DrScheme as their
> > primary editor.
>
> These shortcuts aren't specific to DrScheme, though, and work fine in
> Emacs with the TeX input mode.

Interesting.  I wasn't aware of TeX input mode and googled for it, but all
I got was TeX-mode (well, plus one mode for editing APL source), which
can't be what you're referring to.  Could you provide some pointers?

Thanks,

Richard


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