Re: Activating input method globally

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <address@hidden>, Reiner Steib <address@hidden> writes:

> Hi,
> the manual says that `set-input-method' sets the input method buffer
> locally:

> ,----[ (info "(emacs)Select Input Method") ]
> |    To choose an input method for the current buffer, use `C-x <RET>
> | C-\' (`set-input-method').
> `----

> It doesn't mention how to set it globally (AFAICS).  What is the
> recommended way to achieve this? I think this should be documented.

Currently we don't have such a facility.

> The best I could think about was adding `set-input-method' to
> `text-mode-hook':

> (add-hook 'text-mode-hook
>         (lambda () (set-input-method "german-prefix")))

Yes, if text mode is the only mode you want to activate an
input method automatically.

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Kenichi Handa
address@hidden