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From: Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Activating input method globally
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 20:10:09 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <v9d4urtab2.fsf@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> (raw)

Hi,

the manual says that `set-input-method' sets the input method buffer
locally:

,----[ (info "(emacs)Select Input Method") ]
|    To choose an input method for the current buffer, use `C-x <RET>
| C-\' (`set-input-method').
`----

It doesn't mention how to set it globally (AFAICS).  What is the
recommended way to achieve this?  I think this should be documented.

The best I could think about was adding `set-input-method' to
`text-mode-hook':

(add-hook 'text-mode-hook
	  (lambda () (set-input-method "german-prefix")))

Background: This question popped up several times in German speaking
Emacs/Gnus-related newsgroups.  Some users use an American keyboard
layout, but want to type German non-ascii characters (cf. `M-x
describe-input-method RET german-...').

Bye, Reiner.
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             reply	other threads:[~2007-11-03 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-11-03 19:10 Reiner Steib [this message]
2007-11-06  1:15 ` Activating input method globally Kenichi Handa
2007-11-06  8:37   ` Richard Stallman
2007-11-06 11:20     ` Kenichi Handa
2007-11-06 16:23     ` Mathias Dahl
2007-11-06 21:35   ` Reiner Steib

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