From the webpage:
XML Unicode provides some convenience methods for inserting Unicode characters. When it started, the focus was on characters that were traditionally inserted with named character entities, things like
é
.In practice, and in the age of UTF-8, the “insert unicode character” function, especially the Helm-enabled version, is much more broadly useful.
You’re most likely going to want to bind some or all of them to keys.
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Complete with suggested key bindings!
Oh, the image from Norman’s tweet:
FYI, the earliest use of helm-ification (note the hyphen) I can find was on November 24, 2015 by Christian Romney. Citation authorities remain split on whether Christian’s helm-ification or Norman’s helmification is the correct usage. 😉