From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Recommendations: emacs files containing multiple languages Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:06:44 +0300 Message-ID: <01c53e00$Blat.v2.4$9520bd00@zahav.net.il> References: <86zmwfv3hj.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <86oecs7kvx.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <86is2v78hs.fsf@localhost.localdomain> <42592218.1060903@speakeasy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113160565 7073 80.91.229.2 (10 Apr 2005 19:16:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:16:05 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 10 21:16:00 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DKhuP-0004YF-8P for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:15:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DKhNo-0005qE-Uh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:42:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DKhNS-0005mh-7A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:41:46 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DKhNH-0005fP-4c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:41:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DKhNG-0005dP-US for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 14:41:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.66] (helo=romy.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DKhrM-0005QV-V2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Apr 2005 15:12:41 -0400 Original-Received: from zaretski (IGLD-84-228-141-190.inter.net.il [84.228.141.190]) by romy.inter.net.il (MOS 3.5.6-GR) with ESMTP id AYL36768 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:11:03 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 22.0.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 2.4 In-reply-to: <42592218.1060903@speakeasy.net> (message from ken on Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:54:48 -0400) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25532 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25532 > Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:54:48 -0400 > From: ken > > This week I've been wondering how to compose and edit text files > containing multiple languages... like English, German, Russian, French, > and ancient Greek... all in the same file. Is this even possible in > emacs? Yes, Emacs can do this since v20.5 (actually, 20.1, but there were bugs in early 20.x versions). > If so, any tips? Just do it. You will need corresponding fonts to display the characters, of course. And, if your system doesn't support input in those languages, you will have to make sure you have Leim (library of Emacs input methods) installed and use Emacs input methods for typing foreign characters. > I've heard of an editor called "sam", developed by Rob Pike, that can do > this. But in my many years of using emacs and reading lists like this, > I've never heard of emacs being capable of such a wild thing. It's strange you never heard of it, since the capability exists for quite a few years.