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Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el |
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Mon, 19 Oct 2020 18:06:25 +0300 |
> From: Qiantan Hong <qhong@mit.edu>
> CC: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
> "emacs-devel@gnu.org"
> <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:55:31 +0000
>
> > This isn't limited to input methods, btw: did you try typing several
> > characters that are composed together on display into a single
> > grapheme cluster (under auto-composition-mode)? what happens if remote
> > command arrives in the middle of this sequence and moves point?
> Is there variable to detect such usage like “quail-translating”?
No. But is there a problem?
> > We are talking about Leim input methods, not about the input methods
> > your OS supports. Do such long sequences that produce entire phrases
> > happen in our input methods? If so, can you show an example?
> There are input methods written by users using Quail framework.
> E.g. https://melpa.org/#/pyim
Can you help me with an example of a long sequence that produces an
entire phrase with that input method?
> > Do we have to employ hacks? Quail input methods tell you when they
> > don't expect to be interrupted, by setting quail-translating to a
> > non-nil value; why not use that indication to handle this issue in a
> > non-hackish way?
> For quail input method, remote command will never interrupt the
> sequence themselves. Because crdt.el doesn’t assign CRDT IDs
> to those pending text, remote change will never resolve in the middle
> of such sequence. They are not synchronized to other peers either.
> It follows exact the conceptual model “text pending translation
> are not in the buffer yet, they’re just displayed there”. They don’t
> need to lock the buffer either.
I'm not sure I understand: are you saying that the problem with
receiving remote commands in the middle of a Leim input sequence
doesn't exist? If so, what was the situation about which you asked
the question that started this thread?
- Behavior of input method -- crdt.el, Qiantan Hong, 2020/10/17
- Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/10/18
- Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el, Stefan Monnier, 2020/10/18
- Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el, Qiantan Hong, 2020/10/18
- Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el, Stefan Monnier, 2020/10/18
- Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/10/18
- Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el, Qiantan Hong, 2020/10/18
- Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el, Stefan Monnier, 2020/10/18
- Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el, Eli Zaretskii, 2020/10/19
- Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el, Qiantan Hong, 2020/10/19
- Re: Behavior of input method -- crdt.el,
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