From: VanL <van@scratch.space>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Cc: 37051@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37051: 26.2.90; feature request: C-x 8 <SYMBOL> Prefix Command for letter with macron
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 00:05:11 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <482058C9-BE97-4C81-8970-8B03CB60E07D@scratch.space> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2sgpxgqp7.fsf@gmail.com>
> On 20 Aug 2019, at 00:44, Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> VanL> I'd like to be able to type the 'a' and 'i' with macron in 'Cháng
> VanL> Xiāng Sī (Everlasting Longing) by Bai Juyi'.
>
> Would you consider using the chinese-sisheng input method? That has
> mappings for all of those. In fact, digging some more, thereʼs the
> hawaiian-prefix method as well, which has far fewer mappings, so
> shouldn't interfere too much with normal typing.
>
> Otherwise it could be added to the C-x 8 map, but Iʼm having a hard
> time finding a prefix thatʼs both free and reasonably mnemonic for
> MACRON, unless we want to turn 'C-x 8 =' into a prefix map, with
> 'C-x 8 = =' meaning 'insert MACRON'.
How about a C-u before `C-x 8 - ' for to `insert MACRON'?
I fail to find instructions to use chinese-sisheng in [1] and the listings from describe-mode, describe-bindings don't have `ī' in them, for example.
C-x <RET> C-\ h <TAB> ; has no hawaiian-prefix method completion but hebrew.
-- [1]
info:emacs#Input Methods
info:emacs#Select Input Method
info:emacs#International
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-08-20 14:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-08-16 14:13 bug#37051: 26.2.90; feature request: C-x 8 <SYMBOL> Prefix Command for letter with macron VanL
2019-08-19 14:44 ` Robert Pluim
2019-08-20 14:05 ` VanL [this message]
2019-08-20 15:04 ` Robert Pluim
2019-08-22 11:46 ` VanL
2019-08-22 13:04 ` Robert Pluim
2019-08-22 13:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-04 8:13 ` Robert Pluim
2019-09-04 14:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-09-04 14:58 ` Robert Pluim
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