* Vertical writing for Japanese?
@ 2010-07-18 0:03 kj
2010-07-18 10:53 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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From: kj @ 2010-07-18 0:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Is there a way to have Emacs write vertically (top-to-bottom) and
right-to-left, i.e. in the way of traditional Chinese (and Japanese)
script? This would mean that C-f would move the cursor *down*,
and C-n would move it to the *left* (pretty cool, no?).
TIA!
~K
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* Re: Vertical writing for Japanese?
2010-07-18 0:03 Vertical writing for Japanese? kj
@ 2010-07-18 10:53 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
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From: Pascal J. Bourguignon @ 2010-07-18 10:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
kj <no.email@please.post> writes:
> Is there a way to have Emacs write vertically (top-to-bottom) and
> right-to-left, i.e. in the way of traditional Chinese (and Japanese)
> script? This would mean that C-f would move the cursor *down*,
> and C-n would move it to the *left* (pretty cool, no?).
No, not really.
You could however 'draw' instead of 'write'.
M-x picture-mode RET
C-c .
Then type your text.
RET won't do what you want, you'll have to move back to the next
column with the cursor, and the file is stored line by line instead
of column by column. But visually it will do what you want.
--
__Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/
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