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#58070: [PATCH] Add tamil99 input method Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 05:30:33 +0300 Message-ID: <83sfkci62e.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20220925100020.13229-1-arunisaac@systemreboot.net> <20220925100244.13482-1-arunisaac@systemreboot.net> <87h70vsmyd.fsf@gmail.com> <87ill9ony7.fsf@systemreboot.net> <83sfkdjpyf.fsf@gnu.org> <871qrwo976.fsf@systemreboot.net> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="16367"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 58070@debbugs.gnu.org, visuweshm@gmail.com To: Arun Isaac Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 28 04:32:33 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 1odMsC-00043E-PT for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 28 Sep 2022 04:32:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43160 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1odMsB-000638-4Z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:32:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40380) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1odMrr-00062j-DQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:32:11 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:58030) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1odMri-0004rr-62 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:32:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1odMrh-0000Oy-Tp for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:32:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:32:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 58070 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 58070-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B58070.16643322771491 (code B ref 58070); Wed, 28 Sep 2022 02:32:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 58070) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 Sep 2022 02:31:17 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57108 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1odMqz-0000Ny-5H for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:31:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:55316) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1odMqv-0000Nk-JE for 58070@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:31:15 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:58396) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1odMqo-0004oK-JJ; Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:31:06 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=7Hn70EUZAiD66wPrTjtyIB+WRk2ItNlJf0HrBhH/WTA=; b=gfo9srk3qQfs tUqam02JpEtZU+maZ1Dy8YKPKf7mNK4IbHhrvLBiil3VNWmCq849TusXuwzJtdxrReDdwaNxpAIOA D6tFiIDQNcC6uY2fLATQvVlr3qgk0DxPsNTnHENXe2fQN8liMktT1eV/13vHBJLvyxH9xz432ibZh kWpaGNoqophYDoZ7utk99ovXB6w5LtPGpMVjggIZLfrV6isHbSIpdo1munl9Kblv8di6ucI+s4kIo x/7UY+/GRf+KesY23hRne8eJycGGXQUPOBIkQ+jx+PemXSJ7zJWU8njNB4r2qlla5WpSgHHiZBFID KiNELctnOFryi0m9/PK2iw==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (port=3869 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 1odMqO-0001n1-1q; Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:30:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <871qrwo976.fsf@systemreboot.net> (message from Arun Isaac on Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:56:21 +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:243777 Archived-At: > From: Arun Isaac > Cc: visuweshm@gmail.com, 58070@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 01:56:21 +0530 > > > There's a problem with the above: in some situations you want deletion > > by codepoints, in others you want deletion by grapheme clusters. (It > > is possible that with Tamil the former is rarely the case, but it is > > definitely a frequent case with other scripts, in particular with > > those that have diacriticals.) Emacs 29 solves this by having > > delete-forward-char, which is usually bound to the key, > > delete by grapheme clusters, while DEL (which deletes backward) and > > C-d delete individual codepoints. The primary motivation for DEL to > > delete by codepoints is that it allows you to make sub-grapheme > > corrections to stuff you just typed, for example if you typed an > > incorrect accent. > > > > Emacs 29 also has the composition-break-at-point variable, which you > > could set non-nil, in which case will also work by > > codepoints. > > I see. You're saying that the deletion by grapheme clusters or by > codepoints may be a matter of preference. Not preference, but the specific use case. > In that case, it would be nice to have a variable similar to > composition-break-at-point that would enable deletion by grapheme > clusters. We already do have that: does that in Emacs 29.