From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#50143: 28.0.50; Various issues with `tamil-itrans' input method Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 08:33:24 +0200 Message-ID: <83o8360zpn.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83fsv2x7jt.fsf@gnu.org> <874k509w4k.fsf@gmail.com> <83wnhu1zob.fsf@gnu.org> <87sfsi8cir.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26026"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 50143@debbugs.gnu.org, rameshnedunchezian@outlook.com To: Visuwesh Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Feb 17 07:34:33 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nKaN7-0006YQ-DW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:34:33 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35562 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nKaN6-0002vm-Aa for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:34:32 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:57960) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nKaMk-0002vc-5s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:34:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:56010) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nKaMc-000203-SL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:34:09 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nKaMc-0005bz-Hy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:34:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 50143 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 50143-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B50143.164507960521515 (code B ref 50143); Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:34:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 50143) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Feb 2022 06:33:25 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49902 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nKaM0-0005ax-UG for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:33:25 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:51194) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nKaLz-0005ai-BB for 50143@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:33:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [2001:470:142:3::e] (port=43214 helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nKaLu-0001wx-2A; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:33:18 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=k7MNXY3OKogVtx/I72/WgMz35rA1V/0xhviSv98Xyt8=; b=E0fMx6aV9Mb/L4IFuWpD 5QX/PGaqk8vK6cdpUxw7gRDPrlVebMLWtmsHQQb/TGSH+gWuRTfy6blvZAWFG+5tlGQYONCKW3WpG tO4SUl+eLuwH0WRQY8jbTajRaHLnQwjU+yKQqA9jVAjIv53cTO65OIumw4HiMABuFULMYIQUKSBJQ 2Gb+q5CxNQDPzkzTBMrQ63dnYXycpPZ9QA1ET4i9IeM1LXxNj3CwZbl4b7JEcJc7Lus6rsdlYZu6t LyUCGFMaNNxGbCvASX5/lOXBbLnJdDRza5Ytie8B+VKa3fABKaWrROdOIVK+xmDsQLEN+pmUvZ3zf MOlvbOTJRQL8jg==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=3277 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nKaLt-0004rH-Fz; Thu, 17 Feb 2022 01:33:17 -0500 In-Reply-To: <87sfsi8cir.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Visuwesh on Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:44:52 +0530) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:227068 Archived-At: > From: Visuwesh > Cc: 50143@debbugs.gnu.org, rameshnedunchezian@outlook.com > Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:44:52 +0530 > > [புதன், பிப்ரவரி 16 2022] Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > It sounds like a better way forward would be to define a separate > > input method, so that the existing input method is preserved and can > > be used if someone wants the current transliterations. > > > > So my suggestions would be: > > > > 1. For your items 1 and 3, just copy indian-tml-base-table to a new > > variable, modify it to include the two missing characters and > > replace the digits with nil, add a new variable similar to > > indian-tml-itrans-v5-hash, and compute its value like we do with > > indian-tml-itrans-v5-hash, but using the new table instead of > > indian-tml-base-table. Then make a new input method, called, say, > > tamil-itrans-alt, which would use the new hash variable instead of > > indian-tml-itrans-v5-hash. Submit these changes as patches to > > lisp/language/ind-util.el and lisp/leim/quail/indian.el. > > > > Would it alright to change the default input method used in the Tamil > language environment to the new IM without digit translation? Yes, after we make a new input method, it is OK to make it the default for Tamil. Users who for some reason want the old one can then customize their Emacs accordingly. > > 2. For your item 2, submit a patch that fixes the docstring of the > > relevant input methods. > > > > Would that work for you? Can you prepare such patches? > > Yes, that would be satisfactory. I will look into it in the coming > weekend. Thanks. TIA.