From: Gregory Chamberlain <greg@cosine.blue>
To: Alex <bybor@yandex.ru>
Cc: ~chambln/public-inbox@lists.sr.ht
Subject: Re: How to Pronounce Any English Word
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	message of "Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:48:22 +0300")
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 20:20:31 +0100
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Alex <bybor@yandex.ru> writes:

> Could you tell how do you input IPA phonetic symbols in your posts?  I
> used a vim plugin for this some time ago, I wonder if there is
> something simpler/better?

Thanks for writing in!

At the time, I did not have an elegant way to input IPA symbols.  I was
mostly copy-pasting from Wiktionary, which was cumbersome.  Recently I
discovered Emacs has an input method for IPA -- several, in fact!  I've
now posted an article I was working on which goes into more detail on
this.[1]

> Also, what's your current text editor?

Usually Emacs.  If I'm doing sysadmin type work in a terminal or on a
remote machine then I use tend to use whatever /bin/vi happens to be,
but I'm equally happy using Vim, Neovim or Kakoune.

For some advanced editing tasks, Kakoune is really the only tool for the
job because of its multiple selections and other powerful features.  Vis
(not a typo) may be equally capable, but I haven't taken the time to
learn it.

Greg.

[1]: https://cosine.blue/vanilla-emacs.html