Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
Lars Gullik Bjønnes wrote:
For trunk we should think unicode. Then we should not need math to
insert phonetic symbols.
That would be cool indeed. However, inserting IPA via math is convenient,
because you can use TIPAs shorthand notation (which is what most phoneticians
will prefer), and have an instant preview nevertheless.
Well, how about having a similiar mechanism in text mode, then?
In math you can press "\" and then enter a name like "alpha" or
some TIPA symbol or whatever. All unicode characters are
numbered, I believe.
In text mode we support "\" as a text character, so it'd have to
be something else. A function key? Ctrl+\ ?
Press, say C-\, and then enter the name of some special character.
Perhaps even things like "footnote", "float" . . . Then space, and you get
your unicode character or the named inset.
Helge Hafting
