[Uim-bugs] [Bug 47543] New: Mechanism to enter Unicode characters by name

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47543

             Bug #: 47543
           Summary: Mechanism to enter Unicode characters by name
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: UIM
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: IM: Other IMs
        AssignedTo: uim-bugs at freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: eevee.freedesktop at veekun.com


Sometimes I want to enter a Unicode character I don't commonly use.  I can hunt
the Web for its codepoint and use ctrl-shift-u in GTK, or I can hunt through a
character map program and copy/paste.  If I use the character more than a
couple times, perhaps I'll go to the effort of thinking up a shortcut for my
.XCompose file.

It would be far more convenient if I could search the Unicode character list by
name through UIM directly: press some shortcut, start typing a name, and get a
candidate list of glyphs (even ordered MRU?).  This is the same basic idea as
candidate lists in e.g. Anthy, so it seems appropriate to live in UIM.

I think ibus does something like this; there's little fanfare or documentation
around it, but I found this screenshot:
http://blog.du-a.org/wp-uploads/2011/06/ibus-gucharmap-search1.png
And a candidate window for an entire Unicode block:
http://blog.du-a.org/wp-uploads/2011/06/ibus-gucharmap.png

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