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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 44266@debbugs.gnu.org, juri@linkov.net
Subject: bug#44266: Transient input methods
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2020 00:41:04 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1kZSaW-0007nl-OW@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r1pd9m9f.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sun,  01 Nov 2020 15:37:00 +0100)

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  > `C-x \ ...  type a couple of words in that method C-x \'

  > I'm not at all sure, but I think that perhaps people would more often
  > type in a couple of words than just a single key sequence?

In my usage, I would type the occasional character, not whole words.

How about if C-X \ selects the temporary input method for one character
and C-x \ \ selects it for a longer period?
Maybe until the next space.

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2020-11-02  5:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-27 20:43 bug#44266: Transient input methods Juri Linkov
2020-10-28 11:40 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-10-29  4:48 ` Richard Stallman
2020-11-01 21:36   ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-05 20:14     ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-06  8:33       ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-01 14:37 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-11-01 18:24   ` Juri Linkov
2020-11-02  5:41   ` Richard Stallman [this message]

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