XMonad.Prompt.Unicode

A prompt for searching unicode characters by name and inserting them into the clipboard.

The provided unicodePrompt and typeUnicodePrompt use xsel and xdotool respectively.

Usage

You can use this module by importing it, along with XMonad.Prompt, into your ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs file:

import XMonad.Prompt
import XMonad.Prompt.Unicode

and adding an appropriate keybinding, for example:

 , ((modm .|. controlMask, xK_u), unicodePrompt "/path/to/unicode-data" def)

More flexibility is given by the mkUnicodePrompt function, which takes a command and a list of arguments to pass as its first two arguments. See unicodePrompt for details.

unicodePrompt :: String -> XPConfig -> X ()

Prompt the user for a Unicode character to be inserted into the paste buffer of the X server.

typeUnicodePrompt :: String -> XPConfig -> X ()

Prompt the user for a Unicode character to be typed by xdotool.

mkUnicodePrompt :: String -> [String] -> String -> XPConfig -> X ()