Re: Writting Greek in Emacs

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Thanos Apollo <public@thanosapollo.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:24:13 +0300
> 
> I think there is also a misunderstanding here about how we input
> accents.  First we define the accent e.g "´" and then we add the vowel
> "α" -> "ά".  We do not add a vowel and then "throw" accents at it, thus
> it's not possible to add multiple tonos etc.

What happens if you type several accents and only after that the
vowel?

Also, there could be a "postfix" input method, where you type the base
character first and the accents after that.

In any case, I have nothing against an input method disallowing
sequences with multiple accents.  My point was that users can easily
work around that, and Emacs should not prevent such workarounds.

> Combinations of accents have specific keybindings, usually using
> modifier keys (Meta, Control).  Do you have any examples of quail or any
> other input method that uses modifier keys?

Only with Shift, AFAIK.  But I don't consider myself a Quail expert.