Re: APL input revisited

[Emilio Lopes]

2014-02-19 9:39 GMT+01:00 Elias Mårtenson <address@hidden>:
> Currently, I provide two main modes of inputting APL symbols:
>
>   - The relevant key together with Super […]
>   - A Quail mode that uses . (peroid) as a prefix […]
>
> So, what is the best way to deal with this? What options do I have?

One suggestion that comes to mind is an abbrev-table.  You could setup
abbrevs like ".G" and ".8" (but you don't have to use any prefix as ".").
The user can program with abbrev-mode turned on or he can expand
abbrevs manually ("C-x '").

The "prefix" for the abbrevs need not to have word constituent syntax.
You can e.g. use

    (abbrev-table-put apl-abbrev-table
                      :regexp
"\\(?:[^[:word:],]\\|^\\)\\(,?[[:word:]]+\\)[^[:word:]]*")

to allow for abbrevs beginnig with a comma (",").

Emílio