Re: Tweaking quail input methods

[Greg Minshall <minshall@acm.org>]

hi.  my question is similar to Stefan's (of many months ago), at least
in being related to re-using quail.

i would like to add an Azerbaijani Cyrillic input method.  95% of this
method is the same as, e.g., "russian-computer".

is there an obvious way to "subclass" an existing method?  i notice (in
leim/quail/cyrillic.el), for example, that "russian-computer" doesn't
"subclass" "russian-typewriter" (though they share much).

i could do something like cyrillic.el does for "cyrillic-jcuken", i.e.,
capture the entire "russian-computer" under a new name, then use
quail-active-hook (suggested by K. Handa) to add some modifications.
when ever "azerbaijani-cyrillic" is activated.  but, that seems a bit
convoluted (but, maybe is what i should do?).

cheers, Greg