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Re: Inputting characters with specialist diacritic marks in emacs
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Inputting characters with specialist diacritic marks in emacs |
Date: |
Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:20:40 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
> This is not ideal since it's quite difficult to type these bindings. In
> Linux I use Ibus mappings which involve double-tapping a similar key (e.g.,
> when I type "a-a" I get "ā", when I type "i-i" I get "ī" and so on.
You want to use a proper input method, yes.
AFAIK it should be possible to use your OS's input method (e.g. Ibus
under GNU/Linux), but you can also use one of Emacs's own input methods.
I'm not sure what's the best input method for your use-case, but at
least you can start with the TeX input method, which tends to be a bit
verbose but has the advantage of offering a reasonably good coverage.
C-u C-\ TeX RET
after which you can type "\=a" to input an "ā" or "\~n" to input an "ñ",
"\d{d}" to input a "ḍ" (not sure why the method does not allow the use
of something shorter like \dd here).
You can use M-x describe-input-method RET TeX RET to see a complete
description. And C-u C-x = on a character will tell you things like «to
input: type "\d{t}" with TeX input method» if the TeX input method
is enabled.
Stefan
PS: Personally, I most often use my OS's input method, where I rely on
the "compose" key for most things. See also
https://github.com/kragen/xcompose for an example of what you can do on
that front.
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- Re: Inputting characters with specialist diacritic marks in emacs, Haines Brown, 2016/01/19
- RE: Inputting characters with specialist diacritic marks in emacs, Drew Adams, 2016/01/19
- Re: Inputting characters with specialist diacritic marks in emacs, patrick mc allister, 2016/01/19
- Re: Inputting characters with specialist diacritic marks in emacs, Teemu Likonen, 2016/01/19
- Re: Inputting characters with specialist diacritic marks in emacs,
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: Inputting characters with specialist diacritic marks in emacs, Emanuel Berg, 2016/01/19
- Re: Inputting characters with specialist diacritic marks in emacs, mikew2801, 2016/01/20
- Re: Inputting characters with specialist diacritic marks in emacs, Sven Bretfeld, 2016/01/21
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