Subject: Re: bug#44466: 27.1; quail input fails at read-only boundary

From: Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2020 18:18:20 +0200

> From: [email-masked]
> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 20:07:46 +0400
> Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked]
> 
> > Any reason why pressing a key on a button should disregard the active
> > input method?  What if the button needs the user to type the character
> > which the input method would produce?  AFAIU, the patch we installed a
> > year ago makes this impossible.
> 
> The reason is the same as for read-only buffers, making single char bindings work. For example if you change input method in image-mode and press “q” key this will kill buffer, because correct command is executed.

If this is a feature, it should be documented somewhere.  Is it?