Cedilla

[Florêncio Neves <florencioneves gmail com>]

I wanted to add a few remarks about the old (and seemingly unresolved)
acute-c versus cedilla controversy.

GTK used to have a cedilla input method, but since the IBus
integration was done it doesn't seem to be available anymore.  Now the
m17n library could be easily used to supply a cedilla input method.
If I create a file ~/.m17n.d/cedilla.mim containing

    (input-method t cedilla)

    (title "Cedilla")

    (map
     (trans
      ("ć" ?ç)
      ("Ć" ?Ç)
     ))

    (state
      (init
        (trans)))

and select "Other (cedilla (m17n))" input source in GNOME's "Regions
and Language" configuration utility (along with a keyboard layout
containing the dead_acute key), then I am able to get a cedilla (ç) by
typing the sequence "dead_acute c".

I also wanted to point out that the previous scheme where the cedilla
input method was activated in a locale-dependent fashion was not
entirely satisfactory.  This is because people who need to type
cedillas but don't have the corresponding key in their keyboards are
likely not to be using a Portuguese or French locale either (e.g.,
people using the US international keyboard layout are likely to be
using the US English locale; and people trying to type some Portuguese
in a Latin American keyboard will typically be using a Spanish
locale).