Re: Swapping default input method: why so complicated?

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 14:55:55 +0100 pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. 
Bourguignon) wrote: 

PJB> Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org> writes:
>> I'm trying to do what I consider a very typical requirement: swap two
>> values of default input method.  Unfortunately, I could not find any
>> documented solution (outside of info-manuals, just using f1 v and f1
>> f).  To get it working, I was forced to inspect the sources...  Is
>> there a simpler solution?

PJB> What is complicated in typing  C-\  which is bound to
PJB> toggle-input-method by default?

PJB> You just use:

PJB>    M-x set-input-method RET cyrillic-yawerty RET
PJB>    M-x set-input-method RET cyrillic-jcuken RET

PJB> to select your two input methods, and then type C-\

That only toggles the last input method that was set.  Hence my
suggestion about cycling (by explicit command or implicitly by setting
the input method to a list).

Ted