possible characters to type next is displayed in the echo area (but
not when you are in the minibuffer).
-@cindex Leim package
- Input methods are implemented in the separate Leim package: they are
-available only if the system administrator used Leim when building
-Emacs. If Emacs was built without Leim, you will find that no input
-methods are defined.
-
@node Select Input Method
@section Selecting an Input Method
actual keyboard layout. To specify which layout your keyboard has, use
the command @kbd{M-x quail-set-keyboard-layout}.
+@findex quail-show-key
+ You can use the command @kbd{M-x quail-show-key} to show what key
+(or key sequence) to type in order to input the character following
+point, using the selected keyboard layout.
+
@findex list-input-methods
To display a list of all the supported input methods, type @kbd{M-x
list-input-methods}. The list gives information about each input
Specify coding system @var{coding} for the immediately following
command.
+@item C-x @key{RET} r @var{coding} @key{RET}
+Revisit the current file using the coding system @var{coding}.
+
@item C-x @key{RET} k @var{coding} @key{RET}
Use coding system @var{coding} for keyboard input.
variable to a good choice of default coding system for that language
environment.
+@kindex C-x RET r
+@findex revert-buffer-with-coding-system
+ If you visit a file with a wrong coding system, you can correct this
+with @kbd{C-x @key{RET} r} (@code{revert-buffer-with-coding-system}).
+This visits the current file again, using a coding system you specify.
+
@kindex C-x RET t
@findex set-terminal-coding-system
The command @kbd{C-x @key{RET} t} (@code{set-terminal-coding-system})