bug#52867: Wishlist: Portuguese keyboard input method

bug#52867: Wishlist: Portuguese keyboard input method

[Tor Kringeland]

There is support for Portuguese via a prefix input method, but unlike
languages like Italian and Norwegian, there isn't implemented a
keyboard input method.  I've not the copyright assignment in order
yet, but I'll send in a patch for this if no one else does it before
that.

It's rather simple to implement (see other implementations in
`lisp/leim/quail/latin-post.el').  The specification for the SUN
Portuguese keyboard (SUN keyboards are the blueprint for other
keyboard input method) can be found here [1] (see also [2]).

- [1] https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/817-2521/images/BR.portuguese.gif

- [2] https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19253-01/817-2521/new-311/index.html

bug#52867: Wishlist: Portuguese keyboard input method

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:57:22 +0100
> From: Tor Kringeland <tor.a.s.kringeland@ntnu.no>
> 
> There is support for Portuguese via a prefix input method, but unlike
> languages like Italian and Norwegian, there isn't implemented a
> keyboard input method.

I'm not sure I follow: when you say "keyboard input method", do you
actually mean "postfix input method"?

bug#52867: Wishlist: Portuguese keyboard input method

[Tor Kringeland]

On 29/12/2021 14:15, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> I'm not sure I follow: when you say "keyboard input method", do you
> actually mean "postfix input method"?
No, for a keyboard input method the keys would be remapped themselves.
For example pressing ; would give ç.  For a postfix method you'd
produce that latter using c,.  For example, there are inputs methods
named {italian,norwegian,spanish}-keyboard that does this.

bug#52867: Wishlist: Portuguese keyboard input method

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2021 14:27:01 +0100
> Cc: 52867@debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Tor Kringeland <tor.a.s.kringeland@ntnu.no>
> 
> On 29/12/2021 14:15, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > I'm not sure I follow: when you say "keyboard input method", do you
> > actually mean "postfix input method"?
> No, for a keyboard input method the keys would be remapped themselves.
> For example pressing ; would give ç.  For a postfix method you'd
> produce that latter using c,.  For example, there are inputs methods
> named {italian,norwegian,spanish}-keyboard that does this.

Thanks, I see now.