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Input Methods allow you to enter characters that are not supported by your keyboard.

Helpful keybindings

[C-x C-m C-\] (or M-x set-input-method): Switch to a new input method.

[C-h C-\] (or M-x describe-input-method): Tells you how to enter a particular character for the current input mehtod.

[C-\] (or M-x {{{2}}}): Switch to your default input method.

TeX input method

[C-x C-m C-\ TeX] (or M-x {{{2}}}): To type greek character λ type \lambda.

Accented characters

[C-x C-m C-\ latin-1-prefix] (or M-x {{{2}}}): Use this method to input accented characters. When you type `" u' you get `ü'. Another You method is to [C-x 8].

GNU/Linux

OS X

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Emacs-24

Emacs-23

Project Pages

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-Input Methods allow you to enter characters that are not supported by your keyboard.
+'''Input Methods''' allow you to enter characters that are not supported by your keyboard.
-* 'C-x C-m C-\' or `M-x set-input-method' or switch to a new input method.
+= Helpful keybindings =
-* 'C-h C-\' or `C-h I' to describe the current input method.
-* 'C-\' to toggle the input method on and off
+; {{CommandKeys|C-x C-m C-\|set-input-method}}
+: Switch to a new input method.
-Possibly the most convenient casual method for inputting unicode characters
+; {{CommandKeys|C-h C-\|describe-input-method}}
-is the TeXInputMethod, which permits you to enter Unicode characters by typing a
+: Tells you how to enter a particular character for the current input mehtod.
-\ prefixed sequence reminiscent of TeX. For example, the greek character λ
-may be entered by typing \lambda.
-You can use `latin-1-prefix' to input accented characters. So that you can type `" u' to achieve `ü', for example. You can also {{PrefixKeys|C-x 8}} to input accented characters.
+; {{CommandKeys|C-\}}
+: Switch to your default input method.
+= TeX input method =
-Another way is to use QuotedInsert with `C-q'.
+; {{CommandKeys|C-x C-m C-\ TeX}}
+: To type greek character λ type \lambda.
-To activate the input method for a specific mode put the following line in your config file:
+= Accented characters =
-   (add-hook 'text-mode-hook 'toggle-input-method)
+; {{CommandKeys|C-x C-m C-\ latin-1-prefix}}
+: Use this method to input accented characters. When you type `" u' you get `ü'. Another You method is to {{PrefixKeys|C-x 8}}.
-The input method is then automaticaly activated for files
+= [[GNU/Linux]] =
-which open in text mode.
+= [[OS X]] =
+= [[Windows]] =
-To activate the input method on a per-buffer basis.
+= [[Emacs-24]] =
-First put the following lines in the .emacs:
+= [[Emacs-23]] =
+= Recommended Reading =
-  (set input-activate nil)
+= Project Pages =
-  (add-hook 'find-file-hook
+= Tutorial Pages =
-            (lambda ()(if (eq input-activate t) (toggle-input-method))))
-Then put the following line at the beginning of a file:
-  -*- input-activate: t -*-
-The input method will be activated for this file as soon as it is loaded.
-These are some additional input methods that do not come with Emacs:
-* Georgian (a bit different than the one that comes with Emacs): Lisp:georgian.el
-* Armenian: Lisp:armenian.el
-* Neo-Akkadian Cuneiform: Lisp:akkadian.el
-* Glagolitic: Lisp:glagolitic.el
-* Coptic: Lisp:coptic.el
-It's convenient for people who speak in korean or japanese or etc... to use only the internal emacs input method ([[mule]]) without scim, nabi, Microsoft IME, etc...
-'''See Also:''' ChangingCursorDynamically to automatically change the TextCursor color when you are using an input method. This makes it easy to tell if an input method is in use.
 [[Category:Mule]]

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Helpful keybindings

TeX input method

Accented characters

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Emacs-24

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