From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Pluim Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#37051: 26.2.90; feature request: C-x 8 Prefix Command for letter with macron Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2019 17:04:57 +0200 Message-ID: References: <97AF4FFE-73AA-47D2-94EB-7C03A0CD4BBC@scratch.space> <482058C9-BE97-4C81-8970-8B03CB60E07D@scratch.space> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="16362"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 37051@debbugs.gnu.org To: VanL Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 20 17:07:08 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1i05iz-00042J-Pf for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Tue, 20 Aug 2019 08:04:59 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from rpluim-mac ([149.5.228.1]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id f13sm10375901wrr.5.2019.08.20.08.04.57 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 20 Aug 2019 08:04:58 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <482058C9-BE97-4C81-8970-8B03CB60E07D@scratch.space> (VanL's message of "Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:05:11 +1000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:165416 Archived-At: >>>>> On Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:05:11 +1000, VanL said: >> On 20 Aug 2019, at 00:44, Robert Pluim wrote: >>=20 VanL> I'd like to be able to type the 'a' and 'i' with macron in 'Ch=C3= =A1ng VanL> Xi=C4=81ng S=C4=AB (Everlasting Longing) by Bai Juyi'. >>=20 >> Would you consider using the chinese-sisheng input method? That has >> mappings for all of those. In fact, digging some more, there=CA=BCs = the >> hawaiian-prefix method as well, which has far fewer mappings, so >> shouldn't interfere too much with normal typing. >>=20 >> Otherwise it could be added to the C-x 8 map, but I=CA=BCm having a = hard >> time finding a prefix that=CA=BCs both free and reasonably mnemonic = for >> MACRON, unless we want to turn 'C-x 8 =3D' into a prefix map, with >> 'C-x 8 =3D =3D' meaning 'insert MACRON'. VanL> How about a C-u before `C-x 8 - =C2=AD' for to `insert MACRON'? C-x 8 already uses the prefix argument to mean COUNT, so I don=CA=BCt think that will work. VanL> I fail to find instructions to use chinese-sisheng in [1] VanL> and the listings from describe-mode, describe-bindings don't VanL> have `=C4=AB' in them, for example. It doesn=CA=BCt appear to be documented in the manual, but it=CA=BCs easy e= nough to use. Turn it on and type eg Cha You'll see "Cha[1234ino]" in the echo area. If you then type "1", you'll get: Ch=C4=81 Similarly Xia1 =3D> Xi=C4=81 Si1 =3D> S=C4=AB and so on. VanL> C-x C-\ h ; has no hawaiian-prefix method VanL> completion but hebrew. Sorry, that was added in emacs-27, and you=CA=BCre on emacs-26. Robert