From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kenichi Handa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: TeX input method Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:55:51 +0900 Message-ID: References: <858xjxzgfs.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <851wppzemy.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.3 - "Ushinoya") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159930669 13328 80.91.229.2 (4 Oct 2006 02:57:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 02:57:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 04 04:57:45 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUwwt-0004ON-MR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:57:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUwwt-0007qh-4z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:57:31 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GUwwh-0007pB-Az for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:57:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GUwwg-0007o9-Cs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:57:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUwwg-0007ns-5a for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:57:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [150.29.246.133] (helo=mx1.aist.go.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GUx2y-00086u-M3; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:03:49 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp3.aist.go.jp ([150.29.246.12]) by mx1.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id k942vCJf001293; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 11:57:12 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: by smtp3.aist.go.jp with ESMTP id k942vCZx012147; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 11:57:12 +0900 (JST) env-from (handa@m17n.org) Original-Received: from handa by etlken with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1GUwvH-0003Px-00; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:55:51 +0900 Original-To: Stefan Monnier In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 10:29:23 -0400) User-Agent: SEMI/1.14.3 (Ushinoya) FLIM/1.14.2 (Yagi-Nishiguchi) APEL/10.2 Emacs/22.0.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/5.0 (SAKAKI) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:60405 Archived-At: In article , Stefan Monnier writes: > So in essence you consider it more important to stick as close as possible > to TeX for those potential users who may want to abuse the input method as > a sort of coding-system, even if if means annoying the actual daily users of > this input method? > In this case I think we should "fix" the TeX input method to be more like > TeX? E.g. map `SPC SPC SPC ...' to " "? > More seriously: the TeX input method is really not like TeX. It's only > using TeX as a basis so that people who know TeX get the benefit of reusing > the same names for the same chars. I tend to agree with that. An input method should be designed to make inputting the most convenient. It may be ok to use a data of some input method as a sort of coding-system, but that priority should be lower than the original intention of an input method. So, the only question is whether Stefan's change is worth breaking backward compatiblity or not. --- Kenichi Handa handa@m17n.org