From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Tweaking quail input methods Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 14:49:57 +0300 Message-ID: <83lgkw4d96.fsf@gnu.org> References: <11413.1506260207@minshall-apollo.minshall.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1506772255 5702 195.159.176.226 (30 Sep 2017 11:50:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2017 11:50:55 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Greg Minshall Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 30 13:50:51 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dyGI3-0000J8-6S for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Sep 2017 13:50:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:38943 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dyGIA-0006Hi-Di for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Sep 2017 07:50:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53750) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dyGHY-0006FD-JI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Sep 2017 07:50:09 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dyGHT-0001wE-Om for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Sep 2017 07:50:08 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:47838) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dyGHT-0001wA-Ks; Sat, 30 Sep 2017 07:50:03 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3188 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1dyGHS-0001Ij-2k; Sat, 30 Sep 2017 07:50:03 -0400 In-reply-to: <11413.1506260207@minshall-apollo.minshall.org> (message from Greg Minshall on Sun, 24 Sep 2017 16:36:47 +0300) 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: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:218965 Archived-At: > From: Greg Minshall > Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 16:36:47 +0300 > > hi. my question is similar to Stefan's (of many months ago), at least > in being related to re-using quail. > > i would like to add an Azerbaijani Cyrillic input method. 95% of this > method is the same as, e.g., "russian-computer". > > is there an obvious way to "subclass" an existing method? i notice (in > leim/quail/cyrillic.el), for example, that "russian-computer" doesn't > "subclass" "russian-typewriter" (though they share much). > > i could do something like cyrillic.el does for "cyrillic-jcuken", i.e., > capture the entire "russian-computer" under a new name, then use > quail-active-hook (suggested by K. Handa) to add some modifications. > when ever "azerbaijani-cyrillic" is activated. but, that seems a bit > convoluted (but, maybe is what i should do?). I think you should just copy the rules of russian-computer and modify whatever you need for the Azerbaijani Cyrillic input method. Thanks.