From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: cgorac@yahoo.com (Crni Gorac) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: automating language environment settings Date: 5 Sep 2002 07:26:32 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031236547 26552 127.0.0.1 (5 Sep 2002 14:35:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:35:47 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17mxjW-0006u4-00 for ; Thu, 05 Sep 2002 16:35:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17mxl4-0005eD-00; Thu, 05 Sep 2002 10:37:22 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 43 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 147.91.66.6 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1031235992 28486 127.0.0.1 (5 Sep 2002 14:26:32 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Sep 2002 14:26:32 GMT Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:104504 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1063 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1063 Matthias Meulien wrote in message news:... > > From time to time, I'm using emacs to edit documents written using ISO > > 8859-2 charset. Thus, I have first to set language environment to > > "Latin-2", then to open text file and finally to select "latin-2-prefix" > > as input method. > > You can activate the "latin-2-prefix" input method automatically when > changing of language environment with the following hooks; it also sets > the default input method for the latin-1 language environment: > > (add-hook 'set-language-environment-hook > '(lambda () > (let ((lang current-language-environment)) > (cond ((equal lang "Latin-2") > (set-terminal-coding-system 'latin-2) > (activate-input-method "latin-2-prefix")) > ((equal lang "Latin-1") > (set-terminal-coding-system 'latin-1) > (setq default-input-method "french-prefix")))))) > > (add-hook 'exit-language-environment-hook > '(lambda () > (set-terminal-coding-system nil))) > > Note that the terminal settings are useful when you work on a character terminal. > > > So I was thinking about automating above process by creating > > corresponding emacs mode and then to reference this mode from first > > line of related documents; if everything setup properly, emacs > > should be able to apply all necessary settings upon opening > > document. (...) > > Read about local variables in the info manual. > > Don't you think that the `C-x RET l' key sequence is enough? This is exactly what I have to avoid. I know about all of above mentionned but I'd like not to have to type `C-x RET l' sequence each time when I open Latin-2 encoded file in order to be able to edit it. I'd like to have files let know emacs to change language environment to Latin-2 each time when opened. Thanks.