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: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:49:28 +0200 Message-ID: <83r3h41jlz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83twmkkv16.fsf@gnu.org> <6365BE48-3DBC-4047-9DA0-C50D06D7EDD9@gmail.com> 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 1453819762 31173 80.91.229.3 (26 Jan 2016 14:49:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:49:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Jean-Christophe Helary Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jan 26 15:49:18 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 1aO4vk-0003IJ-LZ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:49:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44508 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO4vj-0005kl-QK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:49:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51566) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO4vX-0005ke-QA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:49:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO4vU-00075h-Ha for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:49:03 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37394) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aO4vU-00075b-Do; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:49:00 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1330 helo=HOME-C4E4A596F7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aO4vT-0007so-PA; Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:49:00 -0500 In-reply-to: <6365BE48-3DBC-4047-9DA0-C50D06D7EDD9@gmail.com> (message from Jean-Christophe Helary on Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:55:49 +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:198848 Archived-At: > From: Jean-Christophe Helary > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:55:49 +0900 > > There is an input system imported from smartphones that is being implemented on some desktop OSes. > > In my case it is OSX and it works like this: you choose a keyboard layout and then by pressing a key you know can have variants for 2 secs the list of variants is displayed along with a number under them. You can either use the arrows to select and enter the character or hit the corresponding number. > > I just selected the Turkish qwerty layout and when I hit g for 2 secs I get ğ as a possibility. When I am in the US layout I don't get this possibility. In US I get èéêëēėę for e, ÿ for y, ûüùúū for u (and similar options of other vowels), I also get ßśš for s. If I do the same with a capital letter (holding Shift + the letter) I get all the possible capital letters for the selected letter, for ex. S offers ŚŠ but no capital ß. > > That's a very convenient way to visually check and select characters. I think you are describing how Emacs input method work. Try this: C-u C-\ turkish-postfix RET then type i and watch the echo area. The advantage of Emacs input methods is that they don't depend on the locale. (The disadvantage is that they only affect Emacs; but for someone who lives inside Emacs, that's not a problem ;-)