Re: Text input with keyboard, via input methods

2016-03-11 Thread Rustom Mody
On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 10:21:35 AM UTC+5:30, Larry Hudson wrote: > On 03/09/2016 11:54 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: > [...] > > In between these two extremes we have many possibilities > > - ibus/gchar etc > > - compose key > > - alternate keyboard layouts > > > > Using all these levels judiciously

Re: Text input with keyboard, via input methods

2016-03-10 Thread Larry Hudson via Python-list
On 03/09/2016 11:54 PM, Rustom Mody wrote: [...] In between these two extremes we have many possibilities - ibus/gchar etc - compose key - alternate keyboard layouts Using all these levels judiciously seems to me a good idea... FWIW -- in Mint Linux you can select the compose key with the foll

Re: Text input with keyboard, via input methods

2016-03-10 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Ben Bacarisse : > Marko Rauhamaa writes: >> * I should be able to get the character by knowing its glyph >>(shape). >> >> * It should be very low-level and work system-wide, preferably over >>the network (I'm typing this over the network). > > I think you are a Gnus user so you probably

Re: Text input with keyboard, via input methods

2016-03-10 Thread Ben Bacarisse
Marko Rauhamaa writes: > Ben Finney : > >> As for how solved it is, that depends on what you're hoping for as a >> solution. >> >> [...] >> >> Hopefully your operating system has a good input method system, with >> many input methods available to choose from. May you find a decent >> default ther

Re: Text input with keyboard, via input methods

2016-03-10 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 2:13 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Jerry Hill : > >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 5:51 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >>> I don't have an answer. I have requirements, though: >>> >>> * I should be able to get the character by knowing its glyph (shape). >>> >>> * It should be very lo

Re: Text input with keyboard, via input methods

2016-03-10 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Jerry Hill : > On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 5:51 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> I don't have an answer. I have requirements, though: >> >> * I should be able to get the character by knowing its glyph (shape). >> >> * It should be very low-level and work system-wide, preferably over the >>network (

Re: Text input with keyboard, via input methods

2016-03-10 Thread Jerry Hill
On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 5:51 AM, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > I don't have an answer. I have requirements, though: > > * I should be able to get the character by knowing its glyph (shape). > > * It should be very low-level and work system-wide, preferably over the >network (I'm typing this over t

Re: Text input with keyboard, via input methods

2016-03-10 Thread Rustom Mody
On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 4:21:15 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Ben Finney : > > > As for how solved it is, that depends on what you're hoping for as a > > solution. > > > > [...] > > > > Hopefully your operating system has a good input method system, with > > many input methods availa

Re: Text input with keyboard, via input methods

2016-03-10 Thread Marko Rauhamaa
Ben Finney : > As for how solved it is, that depends on what you're hoping for as a > solution. > > [...] > > Hopefully your operating system has a good input method system, with > many input methods available to choose from. May you find a decent > default there. I don't have an answer. I have r

Re: Text input with keyboard, via input methods (was: turtle ??)

2016-03-09 Thread Rustom Mody
On Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 12:59:10 PM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote: > Marko Rauhamaa writes: > > > BTW, typing any useful Unicode character is a major unsolved problem. > > You typed a good number of Unicode characters in that sentence alone. > ASCII is a simple subset of Unicode. > > I supp