Re: mule Chinese input inconveniences

[Bill Richter]

   In the japanese input method, you can type RET to end translation,
   which seems fairly natural to me (it's quite easy to hit RET twice
   if you really want to enter a newline, for instance; it's also
   analogous to hitting RET to exit isearch).

Miles, I think that's a lot more natural in the japanese input method
than in GB, since the input strings are so much longer.  In GB, you
only type a few characters.  But in the japanese input method, don't
you type whole sentences?  I may not have this right, but the the
Emacs info node "Input Methods" says

   In Japanese input methods, first you input a whole word using
   phonetic spelling; then, after the word is in the buffer, Emacs
   converts it into one or more characters using a large dictionary.
   One phonetic spelling corresponds to many differently written
   Japanese words, so you must select one of them; use `C-n' and `C-p'
   to cycle through the alternatives.

Sounds more complicated than GB.  Actually I don't see anything about
RET to end translation here...

-- 
Bill 
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