GNU bug report logs - #58376
[PATCH] Set the PARENTS argument for language environments

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh
 <lumarzeli30 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 58376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#58376: [PATCH] Set the PARENTS argument for language environments
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 19:29:21 +0530

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

You can install the original patch for now, I'll look into this later.

Also can we copy Microsoft keyboard layout for input methods?

Thanks

On Sun, Oct 9, 2022 at 6:52 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh <lumarzeli30 <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 15:58:48 +0530
> > Cc: 58376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> >  > From: समीर सिंह Sameer Singh <lumarzeli30 <at> gmail.com>
> >  > Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 00:46:10 +0530
> >  > Cc: 58376 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >  >
> >  > For Kharoshthi and Gothic how to define the PARENTS argument so that
> it does not overwrite the
> >  previous
> >  > entries in the menu?
> >
> >  What do you mean by "overwrite"?  What happens if you use a list of
> >  more than one PARENTS?
> >
> > If I do something like:
> >
> > (set-language-info-alist
> >  "Kharoshthi" '((charset unicode)
> >        (coding-system utf-8)
> >        (coding-priority utf-8)
> >        (input-method . "kharoshthi")
> >                 (sample-text . "Kharoṣṭhī (𐨑𐨪𐨆𐨛𐨁) 𐨣𐨨𐨲𐨪𐨆
> 𐨐𐨪𐨅𐨨𐨁")
> >        (documentation . "\
> > Language environment for Gāndhārī, Sanskrit, and other languages
> > using the Kharoṣṭhī script."))
> >  '("Misc" "Indian"))
> >
> > Then compile and open emacs -Q
> > Now opening Options>Multilingual Environment>Set Language
> Environment>Indian
> > It only has the Kharoshthi entry
> > Options>Multilingual Environment>Set Language Environment>Misc now also
> has an Indian submenu with
> > only Kharoshthi entry.
>
> Hmm...  Either we don't understand what PARENTS mean (could it mean a
> hierarchy of several menu levels?), or there is a bug.
>
> If you want to work on that, please do; otherwise I'll just install
> your original patch.
>

[Message part 2 (text/html, inline)]

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.