Re: Displaying result of describe-input-method

[tpeplt <tpeplt@gmail.com>]

Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com> writes:

> Want to display the result of calling 'describe-input-method' based on a user
> selection.  But I cannot get the resulting text to be displayed.
>
> (defun razad (uselec)
>   (interactive
>    (list
>     (let ( (cseq '("icelandic-keyboard" "italian-alt-postfix" "icelandic-postfix")) )
>       (completing-read
>        " Lingu: " cseq nil t "icelandic-postfix"))))
>
>   (describe-input-method uselec)
>   ;; (call-interactively 'describe-input-method)
>
>   )

The resulting text is displayed in a *Help* buffer.  Are you not seeing
that result?

Using Emacs version 29.2:

1. Start emacs from a shell prompt:

$ emacs -Q

2. Copy your definition above to the *scratch* buffer and then evaluate
it to define the command ‘razad’.

3. Invoke the command ‘razad’: M-x razad

4. At the prompt " Lingu: icelandic-postfix", accept the default by
pressing RET.

5. A second window is displayed with a *Help* buffer that has the
following contents:

Input method: icelandic-postfix (mode line indicator:IS<)

Icelandic (Íslenska) input method with postfix modifiers

A' -> Á
E' -> É
I' -> Í
O' -> Ó
U' -> Ú
Y' -> Ý
AE -> Æ
OE -> Ö
D/ -> Ð (eth)
T/ -> Þ (thorn)
E= -> €

Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a'' -> a'


KEY SEQUENCE
------------
You can input characters by the following key sequences:
key char  [type a key sequence to insert the corresponding character]
--- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ----
A'  Á	 E'  É	  OE  Ö	   Y'  Ý    d/	ð    o'	 ó    u'  ú
AE  Æ	 I'  Í	  T/  Þ	   a'  á    e'	é    oe	 ö    y'  ý
D/  Ð	 O'  Ó	  U'  Ú	   ae  æ    i'	í    t/	 þ

-- End of *Help* buffer text --