Easily Insert Special Characters with Emacs
Insert special characters like é
C-x 8 ' u inserts ú
Raoúl
C-x 8 ' e inserts é
Chanté
C-x 8 " u inserts ü (umlaut)
ü
C-x 8 RET + EM DASH inserts an em dash.
—
;; Type em_dash (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "M--") (kbd "—"))
Escape orgmode code in an orgmode file
C-x 8 <RET> zero width space <RET>
C-x 8 <RET> 200B <RET>