Re: About multilingual documents

[Aleksandar Dimitrov]

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.