# HG changeset patch
# User Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
# Date 1194312682 0
# Node ID 0c8b86e9b0288314a4be4cdef2e26005a314c854
# Parent  8bf6b9dbfa261a50daf2552ca41830f14c1cf7a6
(Select Input Method): Describe how to activate an input
method in the text mode.

diff -r 8bf6b9dbfa26 -r 0c8b86e9b028 doc/emacs/mule.texi
--- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi	Mon Nov 05 20:52:29 2007 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi	Tue Nov 06 01:31:22 2007 +0000
@@ -534,6 +534,18 @@
 This sets the default input method to be @code{chinese-tonepy}
 whenever you choose a Chinese-GB language environment.
 
+You can instruct Emacs to activate a certain input method
+automatically.  For example:
+
+@lisp
+(add-hook 'text-mode-hook
+  (lambda () (set-input-method "german-prefix")))
+@end lisp
+
+@noindent
+This activates the input emthod ``german-prefix'' automatically in the
+Text mode.
+
 @findex quail-set-keyboard-layout
   Some input methods for alphabetic scripts work by (in effect)
 remapping the keyboard to emulate various keyboard layouts commonly used