commit - 331033f1f6abe259218666e6f6a848f38d884078
commit + 68bae9c7b121e30114f6b0cabe15da3fae46e673
blob - b41747f0d5bc647402ac5bb99ae888b19f4bc381
blob + c2e4ffd62a5d64099d4f324768b934dcc736e9c8
--- config.def.h
+++ config.def.h
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ static Shortcut shortcuts[] = {
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,     XK_C,           clipcopy,       {.i =  0} },
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,     XK_V,           clippaste,      {.i =  0} },
 	{ MODKEY,               XK_Num_Lock,    numlock,        {.i =  0} },
+	{ MODKEY,               XK_Control_L,   iso14755,       {.i =  0} },
 };
 
 /*
blob - 6c1638651fe372e829ec57dd47e3e4a0fbb9f920
blob + c67623f0f43f422fac34512aef9c9c71a128b935
--- st.c
+++ st.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ char *argv0;
 #define MIN(a, b)		((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))
 #define MAX(a, b)		((a) < (b) ? (b) : (a))
 #define LEN(a)			(sizeof(a) / sizeof(a)[0])
+#define NUMMAXLEN(x)		((int)(sizeof(x) * 2.56 + 0.5) + 1)
 #define DEFAULT(a, b)		(a) = (a) ? (a) : (b)
 #define BETWEEN(x, a, b)	((a) <= (x) && (x) <= (b))
 #define DIVCEIL(n, d)		(((n) + ((d) - 1)) / (d))
@@ -87,6 +88,8 @@ char *argv0;
 #define TRUEGREEN(x)		(((x) & 0xff00))
 #define TRUEBLUE(x)		(((x) & 0xff) << 8)
 
+/* constants */
+#define ISO14755CMD		"dmenu -w %lu -p codepoint: </dev/null"
 
 enum glyph_attribute {
 	ATTR_NULL       = 0,
@@ -338,6 +341,7 @@ static void xzoomabs(const Arg *);
 static void xzoomreset(const Arg *);
 static void printsel(const Arg *);
 static void printscreen(const Arg *) ;
+static void iso14755(const Arg *);
 static void toggleprinter(const Arg *);
 static void sendbreak(const Arg *);
 
@@ -2633,6 +2637,30 @@ tprinter(char *s, size_t len)
 }
 
 void
+iso14755(const Arg *arg)
+{
+	char cmd[sizeof(ISO14755CMD) + NUMMAXLEN(xw.win)];
+	FILE *p;
+	char *us, *e, codepoint[9], uc[UTF_SIZ];
+	unsigned long utf32;
+
+	snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), ISO14755CMD, xw.win);
+	if (!(p = popen(cmd, "r")))
+		return;
+
+	us = fgets(codepoint, sizeof(codepoint), p);
+	pclose(p);
+
+	if (!us || *us == '\0' || *us == '-' || strlen(us) > 7)
+		return;
+	if ((utf32 = strtoul(us, &e, 16)) == ULONG_MAX ||
+	    (*e != '\n' && *e != '\0'))
+		return;
+
+	ttysend(uc, utf8encode(utf32, uc));
+}
+
+void
 toggleprinter(const Arg *arg)
 {
 	term.mode ^= MODE_PRINT;