From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Evgeny Zajcev <lg.zevlg@gmail.com>
Cc: dick.r.chiang@gmail.com, 44466@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44466: 27.1; quail input fails at read-only boundary
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2020 17:02:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83tutz6gdb.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAO=W_Zrb8QTAmD4eFh0fTu7J+n1CRY7uF+P_LqWgDjOesk9vMg@mail.gmail.com> (message from Evgeny Zajcev on Sun, 8 Nov 2020 09:42:23 +0300)
> From: Evgeny Zajcev <lg.zevlg@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 09:42:23 +0300
> Cc: dick.r.chiang@gmail.com, 44466@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> > When an input method is used in a read-only buffer, Emacs barfs
> > because it doesn't allow inserting text into such a buffer. It
> > doesn't insert the untranslated character, as what your patch did.
> >
> >> Possible we need to check front-stickyness of the char at point along with 'read-only property:
> >>
> >> ..
> >> (and (get-char-property (point) 'read-only)
> >> (get-char-property (point) 'front-sticky)))
> >
> > Does this solve the problem in this case?
>
> Yes, because this mimics what is done in
> verify_interval_modification() function from textprop.c.
Any reason why pressing a key on a button should disregard the active
input method? What if the button needs the user to type the character
which the input method would produce? AFAIU, the patch we installed a
year ago makes this impossible.
> Possibly the best solution would be to make
> verify_interval_modification() visible from elisp side and use it in
> quail-input-method to check for writability at point.
I think this would be overkill.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-11-08 15:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-05 13:48 bug#44466: 27.1; quail input fails at read-only boundary dick
2020-11-07 13:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-07 22:24 ` Evgeny Zajcev
2020-11-08 3:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-08 6:42 ` Evgeny Zajcev
2020-11-08 15:02 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2020-11-08 16:07 ` lg.zevlg
2020-11-08 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-11-08 19:50 ` lg.zevlg
2020-11-14 13:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
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