https://github.com/knu/charinfo.el

Emacs package to display Unicode codepoint and name for the character at point in the mode line
https://github.com/knu/charinfo.el

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Emacs package to display Unicode codepoint and name for the character at point in the mode line

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/knu/charinfo.el
• Owner: knu
• License: bsd-2-clause
• Created: 2025-01-10T12:48:36.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-01-10T13:38:52.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2026-04-05T23:12:16.699Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: emacs, emacs-package, unicode
• Language: Emacs Lisp
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• Size: 1 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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# charinfo.el

This package provides a global minor mode to display Unicode codepoint

and name for the character at point in the mode line.

```emacs-lisp

(charinfo-mode 1)

```

# Screenshots

In `charinfo-mode`, Emacs displays the Unicode codepoint (e.g. U+0061)

for the character at point in the mode line.  When you hover over that

code, a tooltip pops up showing the character's official Unicode name

(e.g. "LATIN SMALL LETTER A"):

![hover](images/hover.png)

And clicking the code opens a `describe-char` help window:

![click](images/click.png)

# Customization

- `charinfo-idle-delay` (default: `1.0`)

  Idle time in seconds to wait before updating the character info.

- `charinfo-insert-into` (default: `'mode-line-format`)

  List variable to insert the character info section to.

- `charinfo-insert-after` (default: `'mode-line-position`)

  Where to insert the character info section after in `charinfo-insert-into`.

  This value can be a literal value or a function that takes an

  element to return a non-nil value to tell where to insert the

  charinfo mode-line item at.  If set to t, or none matches, the item

  is inserted at the end.

## Author

Copyright (c) 2025 Akinori Musha.

Licensed under the 2-clause BSD license.  See `LICENSE.txt` for details.

Visit [GitHub Repository](https://github.com/knu/charinfo.el) for the latest information.