Entering unicode characters

[aravart]

Is there any way to jump to unicode characters with avy-goto-char? In isearch-forward, for example, C-x 8 allows you to enter unicode. (My source files these days tend to have a lot of unicode)

[abo-abo]

It works if you set the input method with e.g. toggle-input-method.

For example, I use (setq default-input-method "ukrainian-computer"). So I:

• toggle-input-method away from English (it's buffer-local), key biding C-\.
• possibly type some Ukrainian chars
• call avy-goto-char (the key binding isn't affected by the input method)
• press the physical key a which translates to ф to search for ф
• toggle-input-method back to English

This only works if your Unicode char is a plain key in some input method. There are input methods for Greek chars, math etc.