From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Passing user selection to a command Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:26:24 +0000 Message-ID: References: <65f970a1.050a0220.3550.04dd@mx.google.com> <65f985dc.050a0220.20d40.9fcd@mx.google.com> <65f9b599.df0a0220.dd35a.fd59@mx.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13996"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Bruno Barbier Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 19 17:27:32 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1rmcJI-0003Ol-7V for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:27:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rmcIq-0006h2-BS; Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:27:04 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rmcIo-0006ds-7G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:27:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4319.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.19]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1rmcIl-0005d9-Sg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:27:01 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1710865610; x=1711124810; bh=bt3wU3nhXSc+trEoX9wMrOLvHSrXd6HdE2TPNZGTQJ8=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector; b=MBo0fJcGjZUVMRVmclqXzEQeLfVIKsPdl9an/ttBaCa8FyuQLGa+3oW6/vmd5WIgs FNIVNwWYtYNA0S44NWKzzYBjlVADkkNcDx9Wk7g9FEPqF5IK2AjzoQrynwMrHprnHd NdiR4MmOQSIWsq4vUWsOq6+gIk+8pbmBhfCm1X8V5Lpk6pd65Ys+oJ8jul7SPTtWdt URvSwDbVw1157zGj47h0+aZMbCOnz1u7gKw9804/Ffg1u1pxMPV52luhXogzNDWCtt j5tvFpmzmUNGvThxEbsP+HzimeKJoT6ValiwLA52yu/TsCLttVNVh8F5cGTatLhvYM ltpUd57G7o+9Q== In-Reply-To: <65f9b599.df0a0220.dd35a.fd59@mx.google.com> Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.19; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4319.protonmail.ch X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:146138 Archived-At: On Wednesday, March 20th, 2024 at 3:56 AM, Bruno Barbier wrote: > Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com writes: >=20 > > The documentation for activate-input-method says > >=20 > > "If some other input method is already active, turn it off first." > >=20 > > It is not very clear whether the user should turn it off, or whether th= e > > activate-input-method function will turn INPUT-METHOD off automatically= . >=20 >=20 > I'm not a native speaker; I agree it could be both. I've even checked > the source code before answering to be sure ;-) Changing the documentation to clarify the behavior of activate-input-method= =20 would indeed be beneficial for users. If the documentation clearly explai= ns whether activate-input-method turns off the current input method automatica= lly before activating the new one, or if users need to explicitly deactivate it= =20 with set-input-method, they can make informed decisions. Correct Usage: Clear documentation hel