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Re: .emacs poser
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Joost Kremers |
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Re: .emacs poser |
Date: |
17 Dec 2013 21:15:00 GMT |
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Doug Lewan wrote:
> I'm surprised that there's only one mention of input methods and so
> much about composing characters, which is, as you point out, a little
> clumsy.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly.
> It's easy to extend an input method with new rules. I frequently use
> the latin-1-prefix mode for a handful of special characters that I
> use. The lisp to add my rules looks like this:
>
> (setq default-input-method "latin-1-prefix")
> (let ((quail-setup-buf (get-buffer-create "*Quail setup*")))
> (save-excursion (set-buffer quail-setup-buf)
> (toggle-input-method)
> ;; MAINTENANCE Look for SYMBOLS
> (quail-defrule ":A" ?∀)
> (quail-defrule ":E" ?∃)
> (quail-defrule ":e" ?∈)
> ...))
It's also possible to define completely new input methods. I load the
following code from my init.el:
(quail-define-package
"arabic-trans" "Ar-trans" "A>" t
"Input method for Arabic transcription."
nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)
(quail-define-rules
(".-" ?ʔ) ;; U0294 # IPA GLOTTAL STOP
("-A" ?Ā) ;; U0100 # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH MACRON
("-a" ?ā) ;; U0101 # LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH MACRON
("-D" ?Ḏ) ;; U1E0E # LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D WITH LINE BELOW
("-d" ?ḏ) ;; U1E0F # LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH LINE BELOW
...)
> I also notice this comment near that code:
> ;; This seems rather a bit of a hack.
> That was my sense long ago; I don't know if that's really a fair sentiment
> anymore.
Well, one thing that I find strange about defining input methods is that
the functions to define rules do not say to which input method the new
rule should be added. Apparently, quail-defrule adds the rule to the
current input method, while quail-define-rules seems to add them to the
most recently defined one.
Another thing that I find mildly annoying about input methods is that
even though you can set default-input-method, you still need to switch
input methods yourself. Every new buffer starts out without an input
method, so you need to do `C-\` first.
Other than that, I think they're the best way to input non-ASCII
characters.
--
Joost Kremers joostkremers@fastmail.fm
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