GNU bug report logs - #44466
27.1; quail input fails at read-only boundary

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: dick <dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 13:49:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 44466 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: lg.zevlg <at> gmail.com
Cc: dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com, 44466 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44466: 27.1; quail input fails at read-only boundary
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2020 18:18:20 +0200

> From: lg.zevlg <at> gmail.com
> Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2020 20:07:46 +0400
> Cc: dick.r.chiang <at> gmail.com, 44466 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > 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?
This bug report was last modified 4 years and 246 days ago.

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