From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joost Kremers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: not quite understanding input methods Date: Wed, 01 Sep 2021 11:14:17 +0200 Message-ID: <87zgswy7q8.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: <231adc63-77f0-037a-365c-28db98f684cf@piermont.com> <871r686abe.fsf@mail.linkov.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="3594"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.6.5; emacs 27.2 Cc: "Perry E. 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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:273638 Archived-At: On Wed, Sep 01 2021, Yuri Khan wrote: > My point (which some will find offensive) is that maybe one doesn=E2=80= =99t > need to implement input methods in Emacs. > > If you have Compose in Emacs, it works in Emacs. If you have Compose > in XKB, it works across your whole desktop. Except that for some reason, XKB Compose doesn't work for me in Emacs... Plus, hitting is still one key press more than <" a>. Of course= I could use an X keyboard layout that has dead keys, but that has its own problems. And, as tomas says, Emacs' input methods are more powerful and much easier = to adapt. --=20 Joost Kremers Life has its moments