Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

Hi,

>> From: Kierin Bell <fernseed@fernseed.me> Cc: 74170@debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:43:51 -0500
>> 
>> I would like to propose that I add aliases for the six input methods
>> derived from autonyms --- or at least for the 'iroqouian-postfix'
>> method. I am wondering: 1) Is there a built-in way to define aliases for
>> input methods? (I can implement a quick macro that defines two input
>> methods simultaneously if not.) 2) Is there a convention or argument
>> against declaring multiple input methods with different names that
>> basically do the same thing?
>
> I don't think we have precedents for any of these.
>
> In general, input method names are AFAIR always plain-ASCII, but the
> mnemonics shown on the mode line when an input method is active use
> non-ASCII characters indicative of the language.
>
> Using several names for a single input method could be confusing, so
> if you can find a single name that cannot cause negative sentiments,
> using such a name is a better alternative, I think.

I did not see any movement on this after a few days (after sending a new
version of the patch).

Attached is yet another version of the patch. Again, apologies if there
is a different workflow that is preferred other than repeatedly sending
reformatted patches.

This patch makes a few more minor improvements:

- Manually add entries to create behavior similar to `latin-postix'
  where doubling any postfix letter (letter that comes after the first
  letter) inserts the initial letter and the postfix letter separately.
  (And updated the input method doc strings to document this.)

- Added doc strings to five defconst's, which I forgot to do previously.

- Added references to the composite `haudenosaunee-postfix' method in
  the doc strings for the input methods for individual languages, and
  added references to each of the input methods for individual languages
  to the doc string for `haudenosaunee-postfix'.

- Added some Lisp commentary with details about community Seneca
  orthography vs. that used in dictionaries and grammars.