help-gnu-emacs
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: greek writing language and keybindings


From: Giorgos Keramidas
Subject: Re: greek writing language and keybindings
Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:34:19 -0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux)

On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 05:59:32 +0300 (EEST), Dimitrios Apostolou <jimis@gmx.net> 
wrote:
>> Next, in order to be able to type in Greek characters, you need to set
>> the input method.  Do this for the current buffer by clicking on
>> "Options", "MULE", and "Select Input Method".  In the minibuffer type
>> "gr", then hit Tab (C-i) and you'll see several Greek input methods.
>> You'll have to play around with these to find the one(s) you prefer.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, I tried that and indeed emacs keybindings
> work fine like that. But that requires switching languages within emacs
> with C-\, overriding the setxkbmap command. Is there a better way?

Unfortunately no.  The current XKB input method changes what Emacs sees
as a keypress when you switch languages through XKB.  So you have to
stick to C-\ and `M-x set-input-method' or keep switching back to XKB
English before you use an Emacs command.



reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]