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bug#65816: 27.2, 28.2, 29.2; Quail-based Japanese conversion error
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#65816: 27.2, 28.2, 29.2; Quail-based Japanese conversion error |
Date: |
Fri, 08 Sep 2023 09:49:38 +0300 |
merge 65816 65815
thanks
> From: Hippo Man <hippoman@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 23:58:33 -0400
>
> The following error that I am reporting appears in emacs-27.2, emacs-28.2,
> and emacs-29.2.
>
> This error report is written under the assumption that the reader is familiar
> with Quail
> and with Japanese syllabary.
>
> When using (set-language-environment "Japanese") and (set-input-method
> "japanese") with Quail,
> when we type romaji, the displayed text is correctly converted to hiragana.
> If we want to
> convert the hiragana to katakana, we just follow the hiragana with "K", and
> the text display
> is correctly toggled to katakana. Typing "K" again will correctly toggle back
> to hiragana.
>
> In most cases, this indeed works correctly. For example, typing "hoteru"
> correctly yields
> the hiragana "ほてる", and then following that with "K" switches it correctly to
> the katakana
> "ホテル". And then following that again with "K" correctly toggles it back to
> "ほてる".
>
> However, when the word contains an embedded hyphen, the "K" toggling does not
> work properly.
>
> For example, typing "ko-to" correctly yields the hiragana "こーと", and then
> typing "K"
> correctly converts it to the katakana "コート". But then, if I type "K" again,
> the word does
> not get converted back to hiragana, and the katakana form remains.
>
> This erroneous behavior occurs with all katakana text which contains one or
> more embedded
> hyphens. The existence of a hyphen anywhere in the text prevents that text
> from being
> toggled from katakana to hiragana when "K" is typed.
>
> Can anyone suggest a way that this incorrect behavior can be fixed?
You have reported 10 minutes ago an identical bug report with a
different email address. I'm merging the two bugs.