From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rustom Mody Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Improving input-methods docs Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:01:09 +0530 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443763900 20512 80.91.229.3 (2 Oct 2015 05:31:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 05:31:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: handa@etl.go.jp, emacs-devel To: Chris Feng Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 02 07:31:39 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhswQ-00076h-2K for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 07:31:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57593 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhswP-00050X-Cp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:31:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60349) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhswM-00050N-Eo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:31:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhswL-0004XW-Ko for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:31:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x22d.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::22d]:32791) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZhswL-0004XN-FI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:31:29 -0400 Original-Received: by wiclk2 with SMTP id lk2so18375689wic.0 for ; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 22:31:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=e6x+SSGAPrb+w4pJCxtwVLMv0QBr/01qC7gew5V1eJE=; b=L3Dz4WQ0lrvTUT1wPpcwTB0YHwEF3XJD7mRI11ODY9YwxRmEzh3CNOphYfuKo+EcSA HpjXWqKPSkUsyj0wDnNxc/3ekXTQ/S0WRJVGsIA91kfnZd9+scCnLknJPLqTpu5kJsxK UQb8zycPgFilP9wuFAJANjkbkSKbBzX18qd3B4r6d11FuFHMN63hAgq8X0muzopNIQaL OQUz+vcAMAesTOJ/JHulOaXAQtsMt1d0p4lj9L+AzEU7rd7qiMoKsQpBxAa5jB6Pz7nm 8MxIe57jNFUrTxN+KtpQSHAhDo5REUE235Po6GiyRzC+RmzzaW8OfPo8BviJyIK/JGhT unPA== X-Received: by 10.180.37.199 with SMTP id a7mr2364150wik.2.1443763888973; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 22:31:28 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.27.37.209 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:31:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c05::22d X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:190638 Archived-At: Thanks Chris On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Chris Feng wrote: >> Stefan Monnier wrote (on gnu.emacs.help list): >>> Rusi Mody wrote: >>> > I see (info "(elisp)input methods") >>> > that in emacs including 25, docs are still at >>> > >>> > | How to define input methods is not yet documented in this manual, >>> > | but here we describe how to use them. >>> > >>> > Is there something I can do (within my capacity!) to move this forward? >> >>> Start to document what you know? Or try to document what you think >>> should be there, and if you don't know what to write because you don't >>> know how it works, then ask on emacs-devel. > > AFAIK to define a new input method it only requires one to register it > to `input-method-alist' and feed `input-method-function' a customized > function. But it seems most input methods in Emacs are defined as > Quail packages, so an intro to `quail-define-package' (and perhaps > other parts of Quail) may also be helpful. What's quail? Why is it there? [or] What's its relation to (define)-input-method? Sorry if I seem obtuse but I gather there is a close relation but I cant make out what...