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bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Dec 2021 15:26:05 +0200 |
> From: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
> Cc: andremegafone@gmail.com, tor.a.s.kringeland@ntnu.no,
> 52245@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:40:01 +0100
>
> Eli> The use case that I have in mind is this: even if the user customized
> Eli> the list of input methods to include more than just one, there could
> Eli> be situations where the user needs to use just one input method when
> Eli> typing. In such situations, it would be good to have a way of
> Eli> toggling, like we do now, instead of cycling through all the other
> Eli> methods.
>
> Eli> Any reasonable solution to this use case would be welcome. I'm
> Eli> working with systems which allow you to do something like that, and
> it
> Eli> frequently annoys me to have to cycle through all the keyboard
> layouts
> Eli> I defined, just to be able to toggle between US English and some
> other
> Eli> language. So I wish that Emacs didn't have such an annoying problem,
> Eli> if possible.
>
> Hmm, so how about:
>
> - default-input-method is an atom
> ⇒ C-\ behaves as a toggle
>
> - default-input method is a list
> ⇒ C-\ cycles through them and back to nil
> ⇒ C-\ with a prefix arg behaves as today, prompting
> for an input method. C-\ again deactivates the input method
Sounds good, but I don't understand how you will pull out the trick in
the last sentence. How will Emacs know to "just deactivate" instead
of cycling?
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Tor Kringeland, 2021/12/02
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Robert Pluim, 2021/12/02
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/12/02
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Robert Pluim, 2021/12/03
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, André A . Gomes, 2021/12/07
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Robert Pluim, 2021/12/07
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/12/07
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Robert Pluim, 2021/12/08
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Robert Pluim, 2021/12/08
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/12/08
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Robert Pluim, 2021/12/08
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, John Ankarström, 2021/12/11
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, André A . Gomes, 2021/12/11
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Juri Linkov, 2021/12/23
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Eli Zaretskii, 2021/12/23
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, Juri Linkov, 2021/12/23
- bug#52245: Wishlist: cycle input methods, André A . Gomes, 2021/12/07