Re: Writing article in italian

[steve-humphreys]

Is there any command et insert letters with accent from my Emacs Init File
such as "e`"?.

> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2021 at 10:50 PM
> From: "Robert Pluim" <rpluim@gmail.com>
> To: "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, steve-humphreys@gmx.com, "Leo Butler" 
> <leo.butler@umanitoba.ca>
> Subject: Re: Writing article in italian
>
> >>>>> On Fri, 15 Jan 2021 11:10:08 +0100, "Gian Uberto Lauri" <saint@eng.it> 
> >>>>> said:
> 
> >>>>> "RP" == Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:
>     RP> The C-x 8 method is complete, but somewhat cumbersome. You might
>     RP> prefer using input methods, eg
> 
>     RP> C-\ italian-postfix
> 
>     RP> allows you to type
> 
>     RP> e'
> 
>     RP> and have it automatically be inserted as é
> 
>     saint> The "italian-postfix" is indeed the best solution (using compose 
> keys
>     saint> is even better IMHO). But if you use it only within Emacs is the 
> best
>     saint> and more reliable solution.
> 
> Everyone has their preferences. Note also that along with the C-x 8
> map, you also get a set of A- bindings which might be easier to use
> (A- being ALT). And for yet more options: emacs-28 adds two new input
> methods, 'compose' and 'iso-translate', which correspond to the X11 Compose
> and C-x 8 methods, but without a prefix key. Choice is good :-)
> 
>     saint> BTW, all that is good provided you have a keyboard with an easy to 
> use
>     saint> bacquote character, since most of accents in Italian are grave 
> ones.
> 
> (keyboard-translate ?' ?`)
> (keyboard-translate ?` ?')
> 
> (I have no idea what a real Italian keyboard looks like)
> 
> Robert
> 
>