Re: Keybindings and changing keyboard layout [was: Writting Greek in Emacs]

[Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com>]

>>>> Yes, when I write in Greek I do not have access to emacs keybindings
>>>> (C-b etc).

> On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 08:55:15PM +0300, Juri Linkov wrote:
>> This is bug#43830.  Patches welcome.

I am unsure if it is possible to use one character for 
self-insert-command, but another one to lookup in keymaps.

In my notes from 2020 I have
<https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/widget/gtk/NativeKeyBindings.cpp>
see GetEditCommands

On 22/09/2024 13:47, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> Oh, thanks for the pointer. Some reading ahead :)

 From my point of view, reverse-im is no go. Perhaps it might be 
suitable when single keyboard layout is in use, but it can not react to 
frequent layout changes, so e.g. "," jumps from one key to another.

For GNOME users I have seen a package that reacts on D-Bus events. By 
the way, this approach might work even for terminal Emacs frames.

As a workaround, I have a tiny tool that is invoked in response to 
ISO_<First|Last|Prev|Next>_Group as global shortcuts and if the active 
window is Emacs then it forces "us" layout and sends another unique key 
(to switch Emacs input method) using XTest extension. Kwin supports 
keyboard layout per window out of the box, fluxbox requires xxkb.

It has some caveats and I have no idea if something similar is possible 
in Wayland. On the other hand, other attempts to solve the issue, I have 
seen, are even more ugly.