From: Mark Wooding <mdw@distorted.org.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:56:09 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: emacs: Set C-q up to allow typing of character codes in hex.
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emacs: Set C-q up to allow typing of character codes in hex.

The default is octal, which is almost useless nowadays.
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diff --git a/emacs b/emacs
index ba1c902..40d4b0f 100644
--- a/emacs
+++ b/emacs
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
       iswitchb-default-method 'samewindow) ;in other random frames
 (setq dired-deletion-confirmer		;Make deletion easier in dired
       (symbol-function 'y-or-n-p))
+(setq read-quoted-char-radix 16)	;C-q HEX-STUFF [RET]
 (setq dired-listing-switches "-alF")	;Do `ls -F' things in dired windows
 (setq wdired-allow-to-change-permissions t)
 (setq case-fold-file-names nil)		;Don't translate file names (grr...)