From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Gautier Ponsinet <gautier@gautierponsinet.xyz>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Postfix input methods and read-char
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:35:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <86ttaa4uhn.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r05elrd7.fsf@gautierponsinet.xyz> (message from Gautier Ponsinet on Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:51:00 +0100)
> From: Gautier Ponsinet <gautier@gautierponsinet.xyz>
> Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:51:00 +0100
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> The following question is motivated by the avy package
> (https://github.com/abo-abo/avy) which relies on read-char. How to
> select a character without accent via read-char with an active "postfix"
> input method?
>
> An example, in emacs -Q:
> - C-u C-\ french-postfix <Enter>
> - M-: (read-char "Prompt: " t) <Enter>
> - a
>
> Here, the minibuffer waits for a possible accent (^ or `). How can I
> enter a simple "a" without accent?
You need to type something after it. For example, SPC.
Another method is to type "a C-\ C-\", i.e. type C-\ twice after
typing your ASCII character.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-07 13:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-07 12:51 Postfix input methods and read-char Gautier Ponsinet
2025-01-07 13:13 ` tomas
2025-01-07 13:29 ` Gautier Ponsinet
2025-01-07 13:35 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2025-01-07 14:02 ` Gautier Ponsinet
2025-01-07 14:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2025-01-09 15:19 ` Gautier Ponsinet
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