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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Nikolay Kudryavtsev <nikolay.kudryavtsev@gmail.com>
Cc: 68927@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#68927: CapsLock gets toggled by a frozen Emacs even if that's supposed to be prevented by a third party app
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2024 15:00:44 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86o7cv12wz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cebe658b-d70d-4b62-8a31-ab4605a601b9@gmail.com> (message from Nikolay Kudryavtsev on Mon, 5 Feb 2024 15:45:13 +0300)

> From: Nikolay Kudryavtsev <nikolay.kudryavtsev@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2024 15:45:13 +0300
> Cc: 68927@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Why are you saying that CapsLock should not toggle in this case?  What
> > prevents it from toggling in this scenario?
> 
> Because I normally use CapsLock to toggle between keyboard layouts. 
> External software like Mahou is what facilitates that and what should 
> prevent the CapsLock itself from toggling. And it normally does, except 
> for when Emacs gets busy with something.

Then this is as likely to be an Emacs bug as it is a bug in Mahou,
right?  Perhaps Mahou is unprepared to cope with programs that hook
keyboard input on such a low level?

I think we need some expert to explain to us what happens with Mahou,
before we consider this an Emacs bug.

Thanks.





  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-05 13:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-04 19:11 bug#68927: CapsLock gets toggled by a frozen Emacs even if that's supposed to be prevented by a third party app Nikolay Kudryavtsev
2024-02-05 12:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-02-05 12:45   ` Nikolay Kudryavtsev
2024-02-05 13:00     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2024-02-05 13:13       ` Nikolay Kudryavtsev
2024-02-05 14:29         ` Eli Zaretskii

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