keyboard macro

keyboard macro

[Kanhaiya]

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Hi

Anyone can tell me that why string not appears as selected when i use a keyboard macro.
This macro contains 'query-replace-regex "<qry [^>]+>.+</qry>' and binded with key 'C+f1'.
But while running C+f1 in file, text not got selected but it reaches at the point of ending </qry>.

I need that text should be in selected mode where user can press 'y' or 'no' or '!' for replacement.

Kanhaiya

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keyboard macro

[Christof Spitz]

Hello,

I have to write special characters for transliteration of a non-european
language (devanagari) in Emacs. These include characters like ā,ī,ū,ś,ṣ etc.
Basically this has become easy since Emacs supports Unicode. The question is how
to enter those special characters easily. In Windows, I use a scripting program
called "AutoHotKey". I defined macros so that, for example, when I write "..a"
it will insert "ā" etc. In Emacs, I was not able to define such macros. I have
to use the "function keys" such as f5, or Ctrl or Alt (Meta), so that I have to
enter f5-a to produce ā, for example. That makes the typewriting slow. If I
define a macro instead, it needs to finish the string "..a" with a space to
"trigger" the insert, but this is not what I want.

So my question: Is there a way to define a macro/keyboard function that will
insert a certain character at the point when I write "..x" (not followed by a
space)?

Or should I better look for a Linux scripting program that works similar to
AutoHotKey in Windows?

Thanks for any hints,
Christof

--

Christof Spitz
Opitzstr. 6a
22301 Hamburg
phone +49 40 38636135
mobile +49 172 9008988

Re: keyboard macro

[Rustom Mody]

On Monday, October 21, 2013 10:05:51 PM UTC+5:30, Christof Spitz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> 
> I have to write special characters for transliteration of a non-european
> language (devanagari) in Emacs. These include characters like ā,ī,ū,ś,ṣ etc.
> Basically this has become easy since Emacs supports Unicode. The question is how
> to enter those special characters easily. In Windows, I use a scripting program
> called "AutoHotKey". I defined macros so that, for example, when I write "..a"
> it will insert "ā" etc. In Emacs, I was not able to define such macros. I have
> 
> to use the "function keys" such as f5, or Ctrl or Alt (Meta), so that I have to
> enter f5-a to produce ā, for example. That makes the typewriting slow. If I
> define a macro instead, it needs to finish the string "..a" with a space to
> "trigger" the insert, but this is not what I want.
> 
> 
> So my question: Is there a way to define a macro/keyboard function that will
> insert a certain character at the point when I write "..x" (not followed by a
> space)?
> 
> 
> Or should I better look for a Linux scripting program that works similar to
> AutoHotKey in Windows?
> 

After evaluating the below code, do C-x RET C-\ diacritic-for-devanagari
--------------------
(require 'quail)

(quail-define-package
 "diacritic-for-devanagari" "UTF-8" "अ" t
 "Example diacritic

" nil t t nil t nil nil nil nil nil t)

(quail-define-rules
 ("..a" ?ā)
 ;; add the rest here
)

Re: keyboard macro

[Stefan Monnier]

> So my question: Is there a way to define a macro/keyboard function that will
> insert a certain character at the point when I write "..x" (not followed by a
> space)?

Not exactly, tho you could cook one up.  E.g. (guaranteed 100% untested):

   (defvar my-magic-rewrites
     '(
       ("..a" . "ā")
      ))
   
   (defvar my-last-chars nil)

   (defun my-p-s-i-h ()
     (unless (eq last-command this-command)
       (setq my-last-chars ""))
     (setq my-last-chars (concat my-last-chars (string last-command-event)))
     (let ((rewrite (assoc my-last-chars my-magic-rewrites)))
       (when rewrite
         (delete-char (- (length (car rewrite))))
         (insert (cdr rewrite)))))
   (add-hook 'post-self-insert-hook #'my-p-s-i-h)

But I recommend you try instead M-x describe-input-method RET devana TAB


        Stefan

Re: keyboard macro

[Rustom Mody]

On Monday, October 21, 2013 10:56:02 PM UTC+5:30, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> 
> But I recommend you try instead M-x describe-input-method RET devana TAB

I only see itrans inscript kyoto and aiba -- all of which enter devanagari with some variations in the latin (ASCII-keys) used to enter.  ie none of them have outputs as latin-with-diacritics. latin-1-prefix (or postfix) seems more appropriate however it does not seem to have macrons

As for my suggestion, I cannot say I really understand it especially all the parameters.  David de la Harpe Golden showed it to me in some other context and I just tailored it to make it work for you.

Re: keyboard macro

[Christof Spitz]

Wow, thanks so much, Rustom, works great!!

Christof

> Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> hat am 21. Oktober 2013 um 19:00
> geschrieben:
>
>
> On Monday, October 21, 2013 10:05:51 PM UTC+5:30, Christof Spitz wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have to write special characters for transliteration of a non-european
> > language (devanagari) in Emacs. These include characters like ā,ī,ū,ś,ṣ etc.
> > Basically this has become easy since Emacs supports Unicode. The question is
> > how
> > to enter those special characters easily. In Windows, I use a scripting
> > program
> > called "AutoHotKey". I defined macros so that, for example, when I write
> > "..a"
> > it will insert "ā" etc. In Emacs, I was not able to define such macros. I
> > have
> >
> > to use the "function keys" such as f5, or Ctrl or Alt (Meta), so that I have
> > to
> > enter f5-a to produce ā, for example. That makes the typewriting slow. If I
> > define a macro instead, it needs to finish the string "..a" with a space to
> > "trigger" the insert, but this is not what I want.
> >
> >
> > So my question: Is there a way to define a macro/keyboard function that will
> > insert a certain character at the point when I write "..x" (not followed by
> > a
> > space)?
> >
> >
> > Or should I better look for a Linux scripting program that works similar to
> > AutoHotKey in Windows?
> >
>
> After evaluating the below code, do C-x RET C-\ diacritic-for-devanagari
> --------------------
> (require 'quail)
>
> (quail-define-package
> "diacritic-for-devanagari" "UTF-8" "अ" t
> "Example diacritic
>
> " nil t t nil t nil nil nil nil nil t)
>
> (quail-define-rules
> ("..a" ?ā)
> ;; add the rest here
> )
>
>
--

Christof Spitz
Opitzstr. 6a
22301 Hamburg
phone +49 40 38636135
mobile +49 172 9008988

Re: keyboard macro

[Yuri Khan]

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Christof Spitz <cs@lotsawa.de> wrote:

> I have to write special characters for transliteration of a non-european
> language (devanagari) in Emacs. These include characters like ā,ī,ū,ś,ṣ etc.
> Basically this has become easy since Emacs supports Unicode. The question is how
> to enter those special characters easily. In Windows, I use a scripting program
> called "AutoHotKey". I defined macros so that, for example, when I write "..a"
> it will insert "ā" etc.

It never ceases to amaze me how far people are willing to go just to
avoid using an appropriate OS-level keyboard layout. In your case,
probably, the command “setxkbmap -layout "us,in" -variant ",deva"
-options "grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:caps"” will help a lot.

Re: keyboard macro

[Yuri Khan]

On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:17 AM, Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Christof Spitz <cs@lotsawa.de> wrote:
>
>> I have to write special characters for transliteration of a non-european
>> language (devanagari) in Emacs. These include characters like ā,ī,ū,ś,ṣ etc.
>
> It never ceases to amaze me how far people are willing to go just to
> avoid using an appropriate OS-level keyboard layout. In your case,
> probably, the command “setxkbmap -layout "us,in" -variant ",deva"
> -options "grp:caps_toggle,grp_led:caps"” will help a lot.

On second reading, you want a transliteration, not real devanagari. In
that case, you can create your own transliterated layout by cloning
the /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/in file and substituting your preferred
code points. (You will also need to add lines to the rules/evdev
file.)

Alternatively, hack the Latin-based layout of your choice to include
the diacritics you need, either as dead keys or as combining
characters.

Re: keyboard macro

[Rustom Mody]

On Monday, October 21, 2013 10:05:51 PM UTC+5:30, Christof Spitz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have to write special characters for transliteration of a non-european
> 
> language (devanagari) in Emacs. These include characters like ā,ī,ū,ś,ṣ etc.


Can you try this?  It uses Itrans scheme

(require 'quail)

(quail-define-package
 "devanagari-diacritic" "UTF-8" "अ" t
 "Example diacritic

" nil t t nil t nil nil nil nil nil t)

(defvar devanagari-map
  '(("A"  ?ā)
    ("I"  ?ī)
    ("U"  ?ū)
    ("~N" ?ṅ)
    ("~n" ?ñ)
    ("N"  ?ṇ)
    ("T"  ?ṭ)
    ("D"  ?ḍ)
    ("sh" ?ś)
    ("Sh" ?ṣ)
))

(defun quail-block-defrules (kb quail-package)
  (dolist (key-trans devanagari-map)
    (let ((key (car key-trans))
      (trans (cadr key-trans)))
      (quail-defrule key trans quail-package))))

(quail-block-defrules devanagari-map "devanagari-diacritic")