Re: About multilingual documents

[Maxim Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

On 04/05/2021 14:30, Aleksandar Dimitrov wrote:
> 
> I don't usually switch input methods. Instead I rely on the X-Server's
> facilities, including group toggles and XCompose. For example I use
> XCompose to write all languages with a Latin alphabet without having to
> switch layouts/input methods.

You mentioned Cyrillic, and it is inconvenient to switch keyboard layout 
(Xkb group) for any command (C-c ...). Unfortunately keymaps in emacs 
are unaware of keysyms from "base" group when another group is active. 
On the other hand, emacs input method requires special tricks to keep 
emacs window (almost) always with latin keyboard layout while other 
applications rely on xkb.

On 04/05/2021 15:19, Eric S Fraga wrote:
> So, on this note, without hopefully hijacking the thread, maybe somebody
> can tell me: what is the "default" input method, i.e. the one I get when
> I start Emacs and haven't changed input methods at all?

Default input method depend on locale. E.g. en_US.UTF-8 does not require 
anything special.