Some Helpful Mule Hints

Alternate Input for Ethiopic Wordspace

You may now enter the wordspace at any time with Shift-space that is with the "Shift" key and spacebar together. To do so add the following lines to your .emacs file: 

(defun insert-ethio-space nil
  "Inserts the colon-like Ethiopic space."
  (interactive)
  (insert "$(2$O(B"))
(define-key global-map [?\C-^] 'insert-ethio-space)
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This maps the ":" character onto the key C-^ which is generally not used. It is then necessary to make a second mapping for Shift-space to serve as C-^ . You may do so by adding the following line to your .xinitrc or .xsession file:

xmodmap -e 'keysym space = space 30'

which you may also perform at the command line. Since the xmodmap affects ALL x-client programs, these commands will likely not be added to the default Mule configuration.

You May Print Ethiopic Directly From Your `File' Menu

Add to your ~/.emacs file (or create one if you don't have it) the lines: 
(defun any2ps-buffer nil
  "Call any2ps via shell-command-on-region."
  (interactive)
  (shell-command-on-region (point-min) (point-max) "any2ps | lpr"))

(substitute-key-definition 'print-buffer 'any2ps-buffer menu-bar-file-menu)
These lines will automatically perform the line commands given above. The directory with `any2ps' must be in your session PATH. If not you may add the path in the "shell" line above, also the `any2ps' script will require the same edits for `coco' and `m2ps' which it calls.