Emacs: Input Method

Input Method

Emacs has hundreds of input methods. Input method let you type European languages, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, korean, etc.

Alt+x set-input-method 【Ctrl+x Return Ctrl+\】

activate a input method.

e.g. latin-9-prefix, for european languages. (it corresponds to the char set ISO 8859-9)

example, Emacs: Chinese Input

Alt+x toggle-input-method 【Ctrl+\】

deactivate or activate previous input method.

if no previous input method were set, it toggles to the input method rfc1345. Call describe-input-method to see doc.

Alt+x list-input-methods

List all input methods. There about 263 builtin.

Alt+x describe-input-method

show documentation for an input method.

current-input-method

Variable. Value is the current input method. 〔see Emacs: Show Variable Value and Doc〕

by default, the value of this is nil. (there is no default input method.)