"Sven Bretfeld" <sven.bretfeld@gmx.ch> writes:

I use the same characters for Sanskrit. They export just fine to LaTeX.

To type them I have the following in my .emacs:

(define-key global-map [(meta a)] nil) ;;make Alt-a free as a prefix

(define-key org-mode-map [(meta a)] nil)

(defun insert-lang-a ()

(interactive)

(ucs-insert "0101"))

(global-set-key "\M-aa" 'insert-lang-a)

(defun insert-lang-i ()

(interactive)

(ucs-insert "012B"))

(global-set-key "\M-ai" 'insert-lang-i)

An alternative to the above is to use an input method, e.g. M-x
set-input-method RET latin-alt-postfix.  Then typing "a-" gives you "ā"
(and typing "a--" gives you "a-").

--
Magnus Henoch