From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20499: bug#16082: bug#20499: [PROPOSED PATCH] C-x 8 shorthands for curved quotes, Euro, etc. Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 18:41:52 +0300 Message-ID: <831tiwtkn3.fsf@gnu.org> References: <1430701990-31993-1-git-send-email-eggert@cs.ucla.edu> <836188tobq.fsf@gnu.org> <87k2womkrr.fsf@violet.siamics.net> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1430754204 26037 80.91.229.3 (4 May 2015 15:43:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 May 2015 15:43:24 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20499@debbugs.gnu.org To: Ivan Shmakov Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon May 04 17:43:11 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YpIWU-00051l-FK for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 17:43:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34864 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YpIWT-0000yp-Es for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 11:43:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33883) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YpIWQ-0000yP-7o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 11:43:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YpIWM-00088k-V2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 11:43:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52148) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YpIWM-00088e-RF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 11:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YpIWM-0003vl-DO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 11:43:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 15:43:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20499 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 20499-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20499.143075412215027 (code B ref 20499); Mon, 04 May 2015 15:43:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20499) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 May 2015 15:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33890 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YpIVM-0003u8-Ng for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 11:42:01 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:42483) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1YpIVJ-0003tu-Mc for 20499@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 11:41:58 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NNU00M000PUFY00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for 20499@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 04 May 2015 18:41:50 +0300 (IDT) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NNU00MQL0XPAKB0@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Mon, 04 May 2015 18:41:49 +0300 (IDT) In-reply-to: <87k2womkrr.fsf@violet.siamics.net> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:102451 Archived-At: > From: Ivan Shmakov > Date: Mon, 04 May 2015 15:20:56 +0000 > > > Shouldn't we prefer input methods instead? We already have a > > plethora of Latin-N-something input methods (including > > latin-9-prefix), so why not add more characters there, instead of > > using iso-transl? > > > I think input methods generally get less in your way. > > I tend to agree with that, but is there currently an easy way to > switch between /two/ input methods? I simply use "C-u C-\". Granted, if every 2nd character you type is U+2018, switching input methods is gonna hurt. But that's not wwhat happens normally, at least not to me, and you save those Alt-[ etc. for more useful tasks.