On Mar 29, 2010, at 4:01 AM, Magnus Henoch wrote:

> "Sven Bretfeld" <sven.bretfeld@gmx.ch> writes:
>
>> I use the same characters for Sanskrit. They export just fine to  
>> LaTeX.
>> To type them I have the following in my .emacs:
>>
>> (define-key global-map [(meta a)] nil) ;;make Alt-a free as a prefix
>> (define-key org-mode-map [(meta a)] nil)
>>
>> (defun insert-lang-a ()
>> (interactive)
>> (ucs-insert "0101"))
>> (global-set-key "\M-aa" 'insert-lang-a)
>>
>> (defun insert-lang-i ()
>> (interactive)
>> (ucs-insert "012B"))
>> (global-set-key "\M-ai" 'insert-lang-i)
>
> An alternative to the above is to use an input method, e.g. M-x
> set-input-method RET latin-alt-postfix.  Then typing "a-" gives you  
> "ā"
> (and typing "a--" gives you "a-").
>
> -- 
> Magnus Henoch
>

Thanks Magnus,

This is very helpful.

All the best,
Tom