On Do, 21 Jan 2021, meine wrote:
> hi, > > by accident I discovered that I can compose Japanese kana (hiragana, > katakana) in mutt. I wonder if this is a feature, or somewhere lurking > in my mutt and FreeBSD setup (although I only use default software and > settings). I have NL language settings for UTF-8 on a user level in my > system, and use Vim as the editor for my emails. BTW, this described > here doesn't work in Vim, but only in mutt. > > It works like this: > > typing a letter, then backspace and then another letter -- just making a > typo and correcting it. > > m <backspace> e --> め (hiragana `me`) > > M <backspace> e -- メ (katakana `me`) > > it just works with all characters, only the plain `a` in both writings I > cannot find. > > this way of composing also gives acces to Cyrillic `ja` я, ju `ю` and > `cs` щ, and also to e.g. Arabic numbers ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ and ۹ by > combining a number and `a` as described above. > > this way of composing is different from typing characters that are > behind the <AltG> or right-alt key, which I use for typing several > European languages (å ä é ø æ ü, etc). > > somehow it is funny to be able to write my name in Japanese, but it can > also be a PITA when making too much typo's. so my question is: > > * is this a feature of mutt? > > * can it be switched on/off somehow? This sound like you have `:set digraph` in your vim editor (might be in a filetype plugin or autocommand, so that is only applies to mails you edit from mutt). regards, Christian -- There will be big changes for you but you will be happy.
