Re: Fire defun by typing keyword

[Alan Schmitt <alan.schmitt@polytechnique.org>]

Hi Rusi,

Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> writes:

> I believe that it compiles on Unix-ish systems so it should run on
> mac. I have of course no first hand experience.

It seems to be working, and there is a request to put it in homebrew, so
it should be very easy to install soon
(https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/24046).

> The other question is about input method.
> I see
> http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1468922
> that setxkbmap has disappeared from mac :-(
>
> So we will need to look for an emacs (rather than window-system)
> solution.

This would be my preferred approach.

> As it happens I asked on emacs-devel list
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-10/msg00365.html
> and a long thread evolved in which among others David de la Harpe
> Golden gave a first cut at an emacs input method
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2013-10/msg00513.html
>
> Its really in hacked-up stage as of now and I am travelling so cant
> see it through to something more polished for a few weeks.
>
> Still if it works please let me know 
> If I were trying, Id try to first start apl in emacs with something
> like eshell. Then use David's input method.

I will have a look at this thread, and if things work I will report
here.

Thanks again,

Alan