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I see that for GUI Emacs, we should use ucsc-insert (C-x 8 RET), but this is totally different than under xorg, where we use Control-Shift-u.

Do we have a method that would work in both?

The reason I'm asking is because I have a Moonlander keyboard and I have some keys bound to xorg keyboard combinations for inputing unicode characters which I use often. If there is no such way to have a unified way of outputing them from the keyboard, it means I would have to have two different keys for each unicode character I wish to have bound to a key.

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  • What do you mean by "a method that would work in both"? Are you looking for how to set a key binding so the same key binding is used for each?
    – Drew
    Commented May 26, 2022 at 23:01
  • @Drew yes, I have a Moonlander keyboard, so I have some unicode characters bound to keys which I use often;)
    – Jason Hunter
    Commented May 27, 2022 at 7:47
  • Please update the question itself, to make this clear. Thx.
    – Drew
    Commented May 27, 2022 at 14:05
  • I have updated the question. Would it be possible to define this, like (define-key global-map (kbd "C-S-u") 'insert-unicode-like-in-xorg)
    – Jason Hunter
    Commented May 29, 2022 at 21:13

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You can just type unicode characters directly. C-x 8 RET is there to allow a human to search for the character that they want (notice that it supports autocomplete on character names as well as accepting code point numbers). Similarly, IME features like control-shift-u for entering a unicode code point are also intended as user–facing features (even though it’s pretty poor.)

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