From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rustom Mody Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: devanagari diacritics Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:06:55 +0530 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1382582236 21007 80.91.229.3 (24 Oct 2013 02:37:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 02:37:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 24 04:37:21 2013 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 1VZAnY-0002Xa-V8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 24 Oct 2013 04:37:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52240 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZAnY-00075y-JB for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:37:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35203) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZAnV-00075t-VM for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:37:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZAnV-0001zw-6K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:37:17 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::235]:48513) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VZAnU-0001zp-Vd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 22:37:17 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pa0-f53.google.com with SMTP id kq14so2260392pab.12 for ; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:37:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=77ftSJ/tmI9r1JaBU+nHVi8Sw8/a5n28F97L7MQbq7U=; b=05GMdtMKb3nqo88+FOJf3ZDLayvkYfiiMh9HhvbCNm26DBfFdXQJO8s7Vx2fFgYsbk 6tK+17A8zAc6bOA/LqquTb2/L/DrzGrl6uIqw7E9OPld0Z/Rc4YrFSEtjtk8w7i/JUTD t5cqZealp89SVHIERXBGElr8zcRFURsRsMtF6Qny9qzFeZNqMSPfEiZLeVeD0HmdHG5j Wdp+CIjX/o55v33dzjYLHEKbyApXvrOZCh56qio/wpgu7pHqph449TSriWQ822OcgF/d EY36bSbTAs68NX9SYEyaXlcgTASuv2KMYtRdgIsqo2IENZsTyPfynMOGA4SHog6GL4p1 sF5A== X-Received: by 10.66.26.236 with SMTP id o12mr894760pag.136.1382582236035; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:37:16 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.68.233.74 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:36:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::235 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:164498 Archived-At: On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 11:57 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >>> will tell you that \=a lets you input this char. >> Ok... but I am not sure what point you are making. > > Just that there is an input method that lets you input those chars. > >> This input method is for someone who needs to type out a significant >> amount of devanagari. > > Of course, I had no intention to say that TeX is the best method for > those chars. Thanks for the tip -- did not know of this 'backwards' way of using an input method: paste a char and then inquire how to input it There's one thing I dont find -- the input method definition. With a function or a mode or a key we can ask and be taken to the definition(s). With an input method I cant seem to find a way