Re: wish: right alt/meta to switch keyboard layout while pressed

[Stefan Monnier]

>> Yes, that makes sense as well.
>> So you'd want hitting Mode_switch to toggle the LEIM input method or would
>> you want pressing to turn it off and releasing to turn it back on?

> It seems in `xkb' Mode_switch disables alternative groups only, i.e. it
> won't start typing in Russian if I hold Mode_switch while using the
> English layout.  So, if you manage to implement something similar in
> Emacs, it should probably behave like this (i.e. deactivate any
> non-default input method) for consistency.

I believe you misunderstood the question.  The question is whether the
deactivation should be done while Mode_switch is pressed (as if it were
some kind of modifier), or between two presses of Mode_switch, or yet
something else.


        Stefan