bug#49689: [FEATURE REQUEST] Explicitly report change of input method

[Visuwesh]

[ஞாயிறு ஆகஸ்ட் 21, 2022] Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

>
> Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
>
>>>>   1] Only reported in the form of a cryptic symbol on the mode line.
>>>
>>> You get the full description if you hover the mouse pointer above that
>>> symbol (it's actually a short string).  You can also do this:
>>>
>>>   M-: current-input-method RET
>>
>> Or even C-h I.
>
> I think the conclusion here was that we don't want to change how this
> works, so I'm closing this bug report.

FWIW, sometimes I wish Emacs was a little more explicit about changing
input methods, even more so now that transient input methods are a
thing.  Sometimes, I find myself in an odd state of using an input
method when I activate "compose" transiently (I have it bound to M-m):
this could just be my buggy command though.  The message "Loading ..."
helps but not when you switch the second time.  The mode-line indicator
is not a great solution when the indicator is a single letter (I use a
proportional font for the mode-line).