When I type in a CJK language, I would still like to be able to use emacs key bindings such as M-x, as well as vi keys in evil-mode normal-state. Is there a way to make emacs register the keyboard input as a US keyboard only when a modifier is pressed? Also, maybe more difficult, is there a way to make evil normal state register keypresses in the US keyboard (without manually mapping every single command to its CJK equivalent)?
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You need to select an input method. It will allow you to use, say, a QWERTY keyboard layout for commands, but switch between QWERTY and CJK for inserting text.
The keybinding for toggle-input-method is set to C-\ by default. You can also customize the default-input-method variable.
C-u C-\ chinese-pyetc). It would be nice to have Emacs handle this automatically when a non-Latin keyboard layout is selected in the OS, though.