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Code from SO for international layout support
;; Commentary:
;; Code from SO for international layout support. Defines key-translation map automatically.
;; Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10872534/3885799
(loop
for from across "йцукенгшщзхъфывапролджэячсмитьбюЙЦУКЕНГШЩЗХЪФЫВАПРОЛДЖ\ЭЯЧСМИТЬБЮ№"
for to across "qwertyuiop[]asdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,.QWERTYUIOP{}ASDFGHJKL:\"ZXCVBNM<>#"
do
(eval `(define-key key-translation-map (kbd ,(concat "C-" (string from))) (kbd ,(concat "C-" (string to)))))
(eval `(define-key key-translation-map (kbd ,(concat "M-" (string from))) (kbd ,(concat "M-" (string to))))))
;; Commentary:
;; Code from SO for international layout support. Have no idea what it does.
;; Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/10890752/3885799
;; (translate-keystrokes-ru->en)
;; (add-hook 'text-mode-hook
;; (lambda () (literal-insert-mode 1)))
;;
;; Only buffers with literal-insert-mode active will be sensitive to the
;; environment language. Prefixed keybindings will still be usable.
(defun translate-keystrokes-ru->en ()
"Make emacs output english characters, regardless whether
the OS keyboard is english or russian"
(flet ((make-key-stroke (prefix char)
(eval `(kbd ,(if (and (string-match "^C-" prefix)
(string-match "[A-Z]" (string char)))
(concat "S-" prefix (string (downcase char)))
(concat prefix (string char)))))))
(let ((case-fold-search nil)
(keys-pairs (mapcar* 'cons
"йцукенгшщзхъфывапролджэячсмитьбюЙЦУКЕНГШЩЗХЪФЫВАПРОЛДЖ\ЭЯЧСМИТЬБЮ№"
"qwertyuiop[]asdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,.QWERTYUIOP{}ASDFGHJKL:\"ZXCVBNM<>#"))
(prefixes '("" "s-" "M-" "M-s-"
"C-" "C-s-" "C-M-" "C-M-s-")))
(mapc (lambda (prefix)
(mapc (lambda (pair)
(define-key key-translation-map
(make-key-stroke prefix (car pair))
(make-key-stroke prefix (cdr pair))))
keys-pairs))
prefixes))))
(defun literal-insert ()
(interactive)
(insert-char last-input-event 1))
(define-minor-mode literal-insert-mode
"Make emacs output characters corresponging to the OS keyboard,
ignoring the key-translation-map"
:keymap (let ((new-map (make-sparse-keymap))
(english-chars "qwertyuiop[]asdfghjkl;'zxcvbnm,.QWERTYUIOP{}ASDFGHJKL:\"ZXCVBNM<>#"))
(mapc (lambda (char)
(define-key new-map (string char)
'literal-insert))
english-chars)
new-map))
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