From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Input method or help feature needed Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:01:11 -0500 Message-ID: References: <834o80v4uy.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1298235689 6012 80.91.229.12 (20 Feb 2011 21:01:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 21:01:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, schwab@linux-m68k.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: James Cloos Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 20 22:01:23 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PrGPB-0000lv-EQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:01:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48740 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PrGPA-00060H-OU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:01:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33884 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PrGP3-0005za-DY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:01:14 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PrGP2-00055u-FI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:01:13 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:55743) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PrGP2-00055q-72 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:01:12 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PrGP1-0000LF-FY; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:01:11 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from James Cloos on Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:43:41 -0500) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:136295 Archived-At: RS> Since Multi_key has no other meaning, why not unconditionally RS> support these sequences all the time? The input method build in to libX11 will, if Multi_key is associated with any of the physical keys, preempt Emacs; Emacs will only see the results of the compose sequences. But that only happens under X. It would be nice if the same key did the same job on a console. Simimarly, at the linux kernel console (at least), the Compose key sequences are all handled by the kernel code; Emacs never sees the Compose key itself. I did not know there was a Compose key. Can you email me the documentation? I hope that the sequences following Compose and Multi_key are the same, because any difference between them would be a painful added complexity for the system as a whole. Also, is Compose the same key as Multi_key? How can I find the Compose key on my keyboard? -- Dr Richard Stallman President, Free Software Foundation 51 Franklin St Boston MA 02110 USA www.fsf.org, www.gnu.org