Re: Activate an input-method from file-local variables?

[Stefan Monnier]

>> AFAICT this does not do what I want: it doesn't *activate* the
>> input method.  You still need to hit C-\ to activate it.

> Ah, excuse my misunderstanding. Looking through the source of
> activate-input-method, as well as setting current-input-method, it calls
> input-method-specific initialisation code, so simply setting a file-local
> variable would seem to be impossible. You could, of course, add something
> like the below to your init file, and specify hack-activate-input-method
> appropriately in the files you want it to work for. 

That seems much more complex than my current solution of using
`eval: (activate-input-method "TeX")' and adding
(put 'activate-input-method 'safe-local-eval-function t).


        Stefan