From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Entering Unicode characters Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:14:21 +0200 Message-ID: <83d1skxt0i.fsf@gnu.org> References: <878u389yfl.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454084118 628 80.91.229.3 (29 Jan 2016 16:15:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:15:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: handa Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 29 17:15:12 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aPBhX-0002HI-7A for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2016 17:15:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35081 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPBhW-0007qQ-Jo for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:15:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54615) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPBhR-0007q9-SK for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:15:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPBhN-0001L4-SU for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:15:05 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:44408) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPBh4-0001Gx-O6; Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:14:42 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4244 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aPBh4-00050b-2C; Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:14:42 -0500 In-reply-to: <878u389yfl.fsf@gnu.org> (message from handa on Sat, 30 Jan 2016 00:51:10 +0900) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:199001 Archived-At: > From: handa > Cc: jean.christophe.helary@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2016 00:51:10 +0900 > > In article <831t90ztgm.fsf@gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > Perhaps Handa-san could comment on the reasons for this design in > > 'quail-get-translations': why does it show the list of possible > > translations only sometimes? Is it just an optimization? > > The deference is that an input method is determinitic or > non-deterministic. > > Most input methods are deterministic, i.e. the defined key sequence > reaches to a target character (or a string), but Chinese input methods > are not deterministic, i.e. the defined key sequence reaches only to a > group of candidate characters. A user has to select one of them by arrow > keys or by an index number. So, for such an input method, showing > candidate characters is mandatory. So you are saying that the candidates are shown only when selection is done by typing a digit? Can we add an optional feature where the candidates will be shown even in deterministic input methods, although the way to choose the candidates is not by typing a digit? For example: a["'/^_`~] " - ä ' - á / - å ^ - â _ - ª ` - à ~ - ã or something similar? Thanks.