From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chris Feng Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Improving input-methods docs Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 13:42:51 +0800 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 1443764579 29587 80.91.229.3 (2 Oct 2015 05:42:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 05:42:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel To: Rustom Mody Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 02 07:42:59 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 1Zht7Q-0002Ha-Lc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 07:42:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57617 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zht7Q-000703-17 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:42:56 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zht7M-0006zu-H4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:42:53 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zht7L-0008CG-Ns for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:42:52 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-wi0-x236.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c05::236]:38051) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zht7L-0008Bn-IJ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:42:51 -0400 Original-Received: by wiclk2 with SMTP id lk2so16554270wic.1 for ; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 22:42:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=GyuT4jUhYjM38oWbWbRlva2DwMbWqUy4RvSC+A1Xlqc=; b=HCMw6I0cPMAZ/jVyPI4JBtYhMUzmvTG0uyi5KJwd5FjGk9i7YBIL30K5pzmtBAqotQ 3PPST17iSxj3QJDHBMs5UFYTO2v2ACX78nTewmoxk5feTfw7cnrlW1I4n+P6tgH4FWgn +/ARKJcd+lqCRLF1b+6gz5P8WVIn98d0T/mt0IET7WDy34KfktDT1KdAL+pRUQbzamn7 3mMr74kPj1Idg+FDJ9SGtkCYoJjSlnUkziDqBlOxHdm+m7HdVoC82L9724shRXJNICRT +Itp90a3+QiP7jNphiVvhktv239VmWV0MrIT+DC6OpGr3XE+M8RYD4mDuRM6KTA9ckjq iIrw== X-Received: by 10.180.106.66 with SMTP id gs2mr2382277wib.14.1443764571068; Thu, 01 Oct 2015 22:42:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.194.87.136 with HTTP; Thu, 1 Oct 2015 22:42:51 -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::236 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:190640 Archived-At: > 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... Quail is an implementation of Emacs input method (`quail-input-method') without concrete rules on how to do the translation (they are provided by Quail packages instead). You can think of it as an input method framework, I think.