Re: Passing user selection to a command

[Bruno Barbier <brubar.cs@gmail.com>]

Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> writes:

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> On Tuesday, March 19th, 2024 at 11:01 PM, Bruno Barbier <brubar.cs@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com writes:
>> 
>> > How can I pass the user selection to 'activate-input-method' ?
>> > 
>> > (defun glossus ()
>> > 
>> > (interactive
>> > (list
>> > (let ( (cseq '("italian-alt-postfix" "italian-keyboard"
>> > "italian-postfix")) )
>> > (completing-read
>> > " Glossus: " cseq nil t "italian-postfix"))))
>> > 
>> > (setq ispell-local-dictionary "it_IT")
>> > (activate-input-method "italian-postfix") )
>> 
>> 
>> IIUC, you could do this:
>> 
>> (defun my-glossus (user-sel) ;; <==== var name here
>> (interactive
>> (list
>> (let ( (cseq '("italian-alt-postfix" "italian-keyboard"
>> "italian-postfix")) )
>> (completing-read
>> " Glossus: " cseq nil t "italian-postfix"))))
>> 
>> (setq ispell-local-dictionary "it_IT")
>> (activate-input-method user-sel))
>> 
>> Bruno
>
> The documentation states that if some other input method is already active,
> it is to be turned off first.  How can I make the function do this ?

The documentation of `activate-input-method' ?
  | If INPUT-METHOD is nil, deactivate any current input method.

IIUB (if I understand better ;-) ), as I'm reading it, it says that
`activate-input-method' will take care to turn previous methods OFF.
You don't have to do anything.

Bruno