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Re: About multilingual documents
From: |
Aleksandar Dimitrov |
Subject: |
Re: About multilingual documents |
Date: |
Tue, 04 May 2021 20:55:41 +0200 |
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mu4e 1.5.5; emacs 28.0.50 |
Maxim Nikulin writes:
> 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.
Yeah, I know the issue, which is why I rely on XCompose for Latin
scripts. For Cyrillic, alas, that is impossible. It means that I
basically can't control Emacs while using a Cyrillic layout, which is a
pity. I have no good workaround.
Re: About multilingual documents, Joost Kremers, 2021/05/03
Re: About multilingual documents, Juan Manuel Macías, 2021/05/03
Re: About multilingual documents, Aleksandar Dimitrov, 2021/05/04