Re: Ogham input method

[David De La Harpe Golden <david@harpegolden.net>]

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David De La Harpe Golden wrote:
> 
> Heh, my bad, there's a standard (I.S. 434:1999) keyboard layout for
> ogham that is included with X,

Okay, attached is ogham.el v2

This version's "ogham" input method should act as something "close
enough" to IS434.




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;;; ogham.el --- Quail method for Ogham alphabet -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

;; Copyright (C) 2008
;;   David De La Harpe Golden

;; Author: David De La Harpe Golden <david@harpegolden.net>
;; Keywords: i18n

;; ogham.el is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
;; (at your option) any later version.

;; ogham.el is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
;; GNU General Public License for more details.

;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
;; along with ogham.el.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

;;; Commentary:

;; Ogham, old irish alphabet, now in unicode.
;; Version 2 - now with I.S. 434:1999-like method.
;;; Code:

(require 'quail)

(defun ogham-insert-space ()
  "Insert an ascii or ogham space.
If point is preceded by an ogham character other than an
ogham ending (reversed) feather mark (like -<), then insert
an ogham space mark, otherwise insert an ascii space."
  (interactive)
  (cond
   ((memq (preceding-char)
	  '(?  ?ᚁ ?ᚂ ?ᚃ ?ᚄ ?ᚅ ?ᚆ ?ᚇ ?ᚈ ?ᚉ ?ᚊ
	       ?ᚋ ?ᚌ ?ᚍ ?ᚎ ?ᚏ ?ᚐ ?ᚑ ?ᚒ ?ᚓ ?ᚔ
	       ?ᚕ ?ᚖ ?ᚗ ?ᚘ ?ᚙ ?ᚚ ?᚛)) ;; excludes this: ?᚜
    (insert ? ))
   (t
    (insert #x20))))

(defun ogham-activate-ogham-space ()
  (when (string-equal (car quail-current-package) "ogham-manu")
    (local-set-key " " 'ogham-insert-space)))

(defun ogham-inactivate-ogham-space ()
  (when (string-equal (car quail-current-package) "ogham-manu")
    (local-unset-key " ")))

;; called at end of this file
(defun ogham-install-quail-hooks ()
  "Installs quail hooks for smart ogham space handling."
  (interactive)
  (add-hook 'quail-activate-hook 'ogham-activate-ogham-space)
  (add-hook 'quail-inactivate-hook 'ogham-inactivate-ogham-space))

(defun ogham-remove-quail-hooks ()
  "Removes quail hooks for smart ogham space handling."
  (interactive)
  (remove-hook 'quail-activate-hook 'ogham-activate-ogham-space)
  (remove-hook 'quail-inactivate-hook 'ogham-inactivate-ogham-space))

(quail-define-package
  "ogham" "Irish"
  "᚛ᚑ᚜"
  t
  "Ogham alphabet input method with I.S.434:1999-like keyboard layout.

Also supports >/< for ᚛ ᚜, similar to the ie(ogam) xkb
keymap for X.org.

It is assumed rather than the IS434 ogham shift-lock,
you toggle this input method on and off with C-\

Warning: If your ogham font is in a `stemless' ogham style,
the ogham space mark may, logically enough, appear as a blank
character similar to ascii space, rather than as a dash-like
character.
"
nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)

(quail-define-rules
 ("/" ? )
 ("?" ? )
 ("#" ? )
 ("~" ? )

 ("b" ?ᚁ)
 ("l" ?áš‚)
 ("f" ?ᚃ)
 ("s" ?áš„)
 ("n" ?áš…)
 ("h" ?ᚆ)
 ("d" ?ᚇ)
 ("t" ?ᚈ)
 ("c" ?ᚉ)
 ("q" ?ᚊ)
 ("m" ?áš‹)
 ("g" ?ᚌ)
 ("v" ?ᚍ)
 ("z" ?ᚎ)
 ("r" ?ᚏ)
 ("a" ?ᚐ)
 ("o" ?áš‘)
 ("u" ?áš’)
 ("e" ?áš“)
 ("i" ?áš”)
 ("w" ?áš•)
 ("k" ?áš–)
 ("j" ?áš—)
 ("y" ?ᚘ)
 ("x" ?áš™)
 ("p" ?ášš)

 ("\\" ?áš›)
 (">" ?áš›)
 ("." ?áš›)

 ("|" ?᚜)
 ("`" ?᚜)
 ("¬" ?᚜)
 ("<" ?᚜)
 ("," ?᚜)
)

(quail-define-package
 "ogham-manu" "Irish"
 "᚛ᚈ᚜"
 t
 "Ogham alphabet input method by latin transcriptions, with context space.

This input method uses the transcriptions of the ogham
alphabet to latin in the late/manuscript tradition i.e.
you enter nGeadal as ng and the Forfeda as dipthongs:

᚛ ᚁ ᚂ ᚃ ᚄ ᚅ ᚜  >-b-l-f-s-n-<
᚛ ᚆ ᚇ ᚈ ᚉ ᚊ ᚜  >-h-d-t-c-q-<
᚛ ᚋ ᚌ ᚍ ᚎ ᚏ ᚜  >-m-g-ng-z-r-<
᚛ ᚐ ᚑ ᚒ ᚓ ᚔ ᚜  >-a-o-u-e-i-<

᚛ ᚕ ᚖ ᚗ ᚘ ᚙ ᚜  >-ea-oi-ui-ia-ae-<
᚛ ᚚ ᚜  >-p-<

áš›  > or ,
᚜  < or .
   - or / or ? or (sometimes) SPC (see below).

SPC keypresses are handled specially:

SPC will insert an ogham space mark (` ') when preceded by an
ogham character other than an ogham ending (reversed) feather
mark (`᚜'), otherise it will insert an ascii space (` ').

Warning: If your ogham font is in a `stemless' ogham style,
the ogham space mark may, logically enough, appear as a blank
character similar to ascii space, rather than as a dash-like
character.
"
nil t nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t)

;; helper to generate template to be filled in
;; (dotimes (i #x1d)
;;  (insert "(\"\" ?")
;;  (insert-char (+ i #x1680) 1)
;;  (insert ")\n"))

(quail-define-rules
 ("-" ? )
 ("/" ? )
 ("?" ? )

 ("b" ?ᚁ)
 ("l" ?áš‚)
 ("f" ?ᚃ)
 ("s" ?áš„)
 ("n" ?áš…)
 ("h" ?ᚆ)
 ("d" ?ᚇ)
 ("t" ?ᚈ)
 ("c" ?ᚉ)
 ("q" ?ᚊ)
 ("m" ?áš‹)
 ("g" ?ᚌ)
 ("ng" ?ᚍ)
 ("z" ?ᚎ)
 ("r" ?ᚏ)
 ("a" ?ᚐ)
 ("o" ?áš‘)
 ("u" ?áš’)
 ("e" ?áš“)
 ("i" ?áš”)
 ("ea" ?áš•)
 ("oi" ?áš–)
 ("ui" ?áš—)
 ("ia" ?ᚘ)
 ("ae" ?áš™)
 ("p" ?ášš)

 (">" ?áš›)
 ("." ?áš›)

 ("<" ?᚜)
 ("," ?᚜)
)

(ogham-install-quail-hooks)

(provide 'ogham)

;;; ogham.el ends here