Re: [emacs-bidi] Control-key binding while typing (for example) Hebrew

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
> cc: Amit Ramon <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Cc: address@hidden
> From: Larry Denenberg <address@hidden>
> Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:22:44 -0400
> 
> I'm working on a Mac, so to switch to Hebrew I tell the *Macintosh* (not
> Emacs) to switch to Hebrew.  The Mac has many built-in input methods
> including a couple for Hebrew.  Doing this at the level of the Mac
> switches me to Hebrew throughout the system, not just for Emacs---I
> switch in the same way when I want to type a Hebrew word into the Google
> search box of my browser.
> 
> This means that, in Emacs, I don't need an input method at all.  The OS
> is already translating everything for me.  Emacs gets Hebrew letters
> just as though I had a keyboard that directly generated them.
> 
> However, I do have the following problem:  Suppose I switch the Mac to
> Hebrew and type control-B in Emacs.  The Mac quite properly translates
> this into control-bet, because bet is on the key marked "B" (I'm using a
> Hebrew-for-QWERTY-typers layout).

I disagree that this is "quite properly".  When I do the same on
MS-Windows, keys modified by Ctrl, Shift, and Alt are not translated.
That is, Emacs still sees C-b, not some control-modified Hebrew
character.

Perhaps you could fix your problem on the Mac level.