From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4948: Dead key misery Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2019 03:10:05 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4B030127.5000101@t-online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="184410"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: Da Niel , Stefan Monnier , 4948@debbugs.gnu.org To: Daniel Pfeiffer Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 01 03:11:12 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iF6h5-000lqM-JR for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 01 Oct 2019 03:11:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58376 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iF6h4-0001DZ-Eu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Sep 2019 21:11:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48096) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iF6gx-0001DN-Qu for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Sep 2019 21:11:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iF6gw-0007NI-OP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Sep 2019 21:11:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51910) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iF6gw-0007NE-LZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Sep 2019 21:11:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iF6gw-0002Fs-Ez for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Sep 2019 21:11:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <4B030127.5000101@t-online.de> Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2019 01:11:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 4948 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 4948-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B4948.15698922248615 (code B ref 4948); Tue, 01 Oct 2019 01:11:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4948) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Oct 2019 01:10:24 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60731 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iF6gK-0002Et-FW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 30 Sep 2019 21:10:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pf1-f177.google.com ([209.85.210.177]:46755) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iF6gI-0002Ee-NJ for 4948@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 30 Sep 2019 21:10:23 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pf1-f177.google.com with SMTP id q5so6659561pfg.13 for <4948@debbugs.gnu.org>; Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:10:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=KyoyEf5mQeOSpIcePV84ccZVWiLHO9manHPIRGXd3oQ=; b=ImFr1F91hEMDB6UuzvKu5Ck0eM8Qrrlkr4Z6gToaNni45enGV/xn3wfiKWFFb6wfvD gr7ppxrqWFECcE/ojda9uQC3n9n9XNY3A1zQ/v2Z+iF5QB4X4wMyLH30j746KvNGYejb 1dJcl5MKoK7B3LjayOyqGCDIzCY5a0UFql+4KVGLPwY0eFN63gXVFVLZ/RA6jJuHOAsC hWDqke8izYbo+xbHrcaEaJbkJK0D62/KrgyL5V7X+k3V8ku4S3/fmzmJ11uMMVygHXtX BE8T6iMBy+wLAXu3Ad3QwMxcTvRCF1X3dbWDojhgPip8420MibGfBd/BKjEH4I3/u7+n phVQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAUQzHYfCu902+pKhLaYjMqnWFb++u4SG9TxU6z0DNy8yhTlLMK8 fHKS3IAgCOM+UwWffy0SsYn7ClNNesyyE/dwZ+4= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqy3tatlqcTjvDglJJIHx0feK1iqwNwveUs39RLx44f9AVXrFGpO/mjXN4usJnfhIiOKl/y8y9cWu9q8kVAytpQ= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:1150:: with SMTP id d16mr2525265pje.2.1569892216691; Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:10:16 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:167965 Archived-At: Daniel Pfeiffer writes: > Hi Stefan, > > la 11/17/2009 11:22 PM Stefan Monnier skribis: > > ** Dead-key and composite character processing is done in the standard > X11R6 manner (through the default "input method" using the > /usr/lib/X11/locale/*/Compose databases of key combinations). I.e. if > it works in xterm, it should also work in Emacs now. > This has long since stopped working. > > > I don't use dead keys, but I use the compose key extensively, and it > works just fine in my Emacs. Can you give more detail to try and > reproduce your problem? > > what details, I don't really know. It might be Ubuntu specific, because it appeared long ago when I switched from SuSE to Ubuntu. At the time I figured it must have to do with a newer Emacs, because xterm and all Gtk and Qt apps had and have no problem. > Sorry I didn't report it then, I guess this is two years back. > > I think compose is not pertinent, because IMHO that does the combining in the X-server and sends the combined char, as though you had a key for it, like German dv|_ is no problem even without loading iso-transl. > > I'm attaching my very personal keymap (which covers my normal German external keyboard, the built in American one, with Z and Y switched German style and Esperanto letters). I've stuffed in all dead-keys, like AltGr-, for cedilla, AltGr-Shift-, for > ogonek and AltGr-^ for circumflex. I load it with xkbcomp -xkb .X/keymap/daniel $DISPLAY, but you could just as well just set one dead key with xmodmap IIRC. > > coralament / best Grvtens / liebe Gr|_e / best regards / elkorajn salutojn > Daniel Pfeiffer The last update here was ten years ago. Are you still seeing this issue on a modern version of Emacs? Dead keys seem to be working for me in Emacs 27.1. Best regards, Stefan Kangas