Re: Input method or help feature needed

[Tassilo Horn <tassilo@member.fsf.org>]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

Hello Richard,

> Once in a while I want to enter some character that I know exists in
> Unicode, though I know nothing about where to find it.  Today it was
> the Turkish i without dot.
>
> It is not easy to find how to enter the character you want.
> Can anyone develop a way to make it easier?

I think it already is easy.  In the buffer with the Turkish text, do

  M-x set-input-method RET turkish-postfix RET

and then

  M-x describe-input-method RET RET

which shows this *Help* buffer:

,----
| Input method: turkish-postfix (mode line indicator:TR<)
| 
| Turkish (Türkçe) input method with postfix modifiers.
| turkish-latin-3-postfix is an obsolete alias for turkish-postfix.
| 
| Note for I, ı, İ, i.
| 
| A^ -> Â
| C, -> Ç
| G^ -> Ğ
| I  -> I
| i  -> ı
| I. -> İ
| i. -> i
| O" -> Ö
| S, -> Ş
| U" -> Ü
| U^ -> Û
| 
| Doubling the postfix separates the letter and postfix: e.g. a^^ -> a^
| 
| 
| KEY SEQUENCE
| ------------
| You can input characters by the following key sequences:
| key char  [type a key sequence to insert the corresponding character]
| --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ----
| A^  Â	 G^  Ğ	  O"  Ö	   U"  Ü    a^	â    g^	 ğ    s,  ş    u^  û
| C,  Ç	 I.  İ	  S,  Ş	   U^  Û    c,	ç    o"	 ö    u"  ü
| 
| key character(s)  [type a key (sequence) and select one from the list]
| --- ------------
| i   ı i
`----

Bye,
Tassilo