Re: how to implement function copy-subword-to-irc-buffer

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> I also have this .emacs:
>> (fset 'im-uc
>>    [?\C-x return ?\C-\\ ?r ?f ?c ?1 ?3 ?4 ?5 return])
> 
> You could also just do
> 
>   (setq default-input-method 'rfc1345)
> 
> in your .emacs, so C-\ will toggle that input method (I do exactly
> that, except with the TeX input method rather than rfc1345, since
> I find TeX more intuitive, probably because I knew LaTeX already).
> 
> Another thing I use heavily is the Multi_key (aka "compose key") which
> I have xmodmap'ed to one of the right-alt keys I never use.  This way
> I can type in many chars (without any Emacs input-method, so it works
> just as well in xterm, firefox, open-office, younameit), like
> compose-e-' for é, compose-1-2 for ½, or compose-^-9 for ⁹.
> 
> 
>         Stefan


Thanks, Stefan. I want latin-1-postfix for default since I don't know
the mnemonics for rfc.. I'm on w32 so I have to use Keytweak and other
tricks to make my keyboard useful. I don't think compose key facility is
available on w32 in that form, is it?

Ed