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diff --git a/doc/emacs/mule.texi b/doc/emacs/mule.texi index 22b3677b5b0..121d6967309 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi @@ -473,6 +473,10 @@ First, letters are mapped into symbols for particular sounds or tone marks; then, sequences of these that make up a whole syllable are mapped into one syllable sign. +@kindex C-f@r{, when using input methods} +@kindex C-b@r{, when using input methods} +@kindex C-n@r{, when using input methods} +@kindex C-p@r{, when using input methods} Chinese and Japanese require more complex methods. In Chinese input methods, first you enter the phonetic spelling of a Chinese word (in input method @code{chinese-py}, among others), or a sequence of @@ -498,6 +502,7 @@ alternatives in the row are also numbered; the number appears before the alternative. Typing a number selects the associated alternative of the current row and uses it as input. +@kindex TAB@r{, when using Chinese input methods} @key{TAB} in these Chinese input methods displays a buffer showing all the possible characters at once; then clicking @kbd{mouse-2} on one of them selects that alternative. The keys @kbd{C-f}, @kbd{C-b}, @@ -571,11 +576,37 @@ modes that make buffer text or parts of it read-only, such as @code{read-only-mode} and @code{image-mode}, even when an input method is active. +@kindex C-x 8 @key{RET} +@cindex insert character by name or code-point Another facility for typing characters not on your keyboard is by using @kbd{C-x 8 @key{RET}} (@code{insert-char}) to insert a single character based on its Unicode name or code-point; see @ref{Inserting Text}. +@cindex emoji input +@cindex inserting Emoji +@kindex C-x 8 e +@findex emoji-insert +@findex emoji-list +@findex emoji-search + There are specialized commands for inserting Emoji, and these can be +found on the @kbd{C-x 8 e} keymap. @kbd{C-x 8 e e} +(@code{emoji-insert}) will let you navigate through different Emoji +categories and then choose one. @kbd{C-x 8 e l} (@code{emoji-list}) +will pop up a new buffer and list all the Emoji; clicking (or using +@kbd{RET}) on an emoji character will insert it in the current buffer. +Finally, @kbd{C-x 8 e s} (@code{emoji-search}) will allow you to +search for Emoji based on their names. + +@findex emoji-describe + @code{describe-char} displays a lot of information about the +character/glyphs under point (including emojis). It's sometimes +useful to get a quick description of the name, and you can use the +@kbd{C-x 8 e d} (@code{emoji-describe}) command to do that. It's +meant primarily to help distinguish between different Emoji +variants (which can look very similar), but it will also tell you +the names of non-Emoji characters. + @node Select Input Method @section Selecting an Input Method @@ -1330,6 +1361,12 @@ You can do this by putting @noindent in your init file. +@findex w32-set-console-codepage + Setting @code{keyboard-coding-system} has no effect on MS-Windows, +except on old Windows 9X systems, in which case the encoding must +match the current codepage of the MS-Windows console, which can be +changed by calling @code{w32-set-console-codepage}. + There is a similarity between using a coding system translation for keyboard input, and using an input method: both define sequences of keyboard input that translate into single characters. However, input @@ -1955,3 +1992,16 @@ or right of the current screen position, moving to the next or previous screen line as appropriate. Note that this might potentially move point many buffer positions away, depending on the surrounding bidirectional context. + +@cindex bidi formatting control characters + Bidirectional text sometimes uses special formatting characters to +affect the reordering of text for display. The @sc{lrm} and @sc{rlm} +characters, mentioned above, are two such characters, but there are +more of them. They are by default displayed as thin space glyphs on +GUI frames, and as simple spaces on text-mode frames. If you want to +be aware of these special control characters, so that their effect on +display does not come as a surprise, you can turn on the +@code{glyphless-display-mode} (@pxref{Text Display}). This minor mode +will cause these formatting characters to be displayed as acronyms +inside a small box, so that they stand out on display, and make their +effect easier to understand. |