bug#16002: an improved input method for Esperanto

[Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>]

Ivan Shmakov <oneingray@gmail.com> writes:

> 	As of e7203144, Emacs provides esperanto-postfix and
> 	esperanto-prefix input methods, which both require the use of up
> 	to two keystrokes per Esperanto letter.
>
> 	A more ergonomic approach is, however, to remap the letters not
> 	used in Esperanto (q, w, x, y), as well as the square brackets,
> 	to the “extra” letters needed, like (following the example of
> 	the ‘epo’ Xkb layout):
>
> ⋯✂⋯ C-h I esperanto RET ⋯✂⋯
>      +----------------------------------------------------------------+
>      | 1! | 2@ | 3# | 4$ | 5% | 6^ | 7& | 8* | 9( | 0) | -_ | =+ | `~ |
>      +----------------------------------------------------------------+
>        | ŝŜ | ĝĜ | eE | rR | tT | ŭŬ | uU | iI | oO | pP | ĵĴ | ĥĤ |
>        +------------------------------------------------------------+
>         | aA | sS | dD | fF | gG | hH | jJ | kK | lL | ;: | '" | \| |
>         +-----------------------------------------------------------+
>           | zZ | ĉĈ | cC | vV | bB | nN | mM | ,< | .> | /? |
>           +-------------------------------------------------+
> ⋯✂⋯ C-h I esperanto RET ⋯✂⋯

But is this an input method that's commonly used by Esperanto users?

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