From: Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
To: Mahmudul Hasan <cs.mahmud@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Input Method for Indian Script
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:38:40 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <tl7pqgixpsv.fsf@m17n.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADAHBw1xsB26bHPaDH-L07wP7i4VQu2WkQ42CpqYJQNvKy5HaA@mail.gmail.com> (message from Mahmudul Hasan on Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:10:19 -0700)
In article <CADAHBw1xsB26bHPaDH-L07wP7i4VQu2WkQ42CpqYJQNvKy5HaA@mail.gmail.com>, Mahmudul Hasan <cs.mahmud@gmail.com> writes:
> Is there any way I can add a new input method for Bengali in Emacs ?
> There are two input methods right now,
> 1. bengali-inscript,
> 2. bengali-itrans.
> I would like to add another input method which will be like
> bengali-inscript, with fixed, or touch
> typing based keyboard layout.
Do you mean that the current bengali-inscript is incorrect
and thus it should be "fixed"? Or, you just want the
different behavior?
> Is it possible to add a layout like "Probhat" or "Bijoy" ? (reference:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_input_methods ,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:KB-Bengali-Probhat.svg ).
> I will appreciate if someone can tell me whether implementing one of these
> fixed keyboard layout can be done with minimal effort.
If those input methods are context free (i.e. the same key
(sequnece) always produces the same character(s)), making
a new input method is easy.
============================================================
(quail-define-package "Probhat" "Bengali" TITLE t DOC-STRING
nil t t t t nil nil nil nil nil t)
(quail-define-rules
(KEY CHAR)
...)
;; See the docstrings of quail-define-package and
;; quail-define-rules.
============================================================
But, if an input method is not context free (e.g. the key
"a" produces different charaters depending on what you have
already typed), you need some Emacs Lisp programming skill.
---
Kenichi Handa
handa@m17n.org
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2011-11-23 4:10 Input Method for Indian Script Mahmudul Hasan
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