From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4373: 23.1.50; sticky keys wanted Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:19:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: <873a6x7fcm.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Lennart Borgman , 4373@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252457265 18235 80.91.229.12 (9 Sep 2009 00:47:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 00:47:45 +0000 (UTC) To: 4373@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 09 02:47:38 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MlBLV-0004Yt-HU for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:47:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35953 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MlBLV-0002gV-15 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:47:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MlBL2-0002SB-Uy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:47:09 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MlBKy-0002PY-A8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:47:08 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52515 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MlBKx-0002PC-EW for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:47:03 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:50188) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MlBKw-0002lA-AL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:47:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n890kwLf021927; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:46:59 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n890U8lQ018862; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:30:08 -0700 Resent-Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:30:08 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Lennart Borgman Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs 2Resent-Date: Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:30:08 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4373 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4373-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4373.125245561817359 (code B ref 4373); Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:30:08 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4373) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 9 Sep 2009 00:20:18 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.242]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n890KGLN017267 for <4373@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 8 Sep 2009 17:20:17 -0700 Original-Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b2so1693276ana.31 for <4373@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:20:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=BF58OfStrUXkFXuH+tvrGUjxBj26n6E7LcNOm8XgHJU=; b=QEfEvqvhSrCg/qiWXQGsD52YKNf6GODzyVsEbFJ00yV1QTAqjCNtPddZkqqJpoAb3x tpWZuwTxtKFkFY+v9UbjNU3Wc01KD1vyssOVd6GdOAx2VxKGKNllxeLJMix3JFhd2wBM ZYjAOQGLKHEHTWChl0nktCnns1k5d3jSYxt+I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=V4cruIxdRRiznmj6dE/oLGU0/1JzP/9jp2AS07e+uJ1dc1FqbJ4996DZHw+qj9R+/q gPgaRZuLWk9ILZa0eE8qTPu6r4SvUO5CCZIsDlEC4CWe0peEi8jEClkO0cH7VxzJLdHb OPF0dkwaCB7bRwPSJBGBVebDo6ZUBGviQ6OHk= Original-Received: by 10.101.50.14 with SMTP id c14mr17511834ank.99.1252455616080; Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:20:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <873a6x7fcm.fsf@gmail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:47:08 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:30867 Archived-At: On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Daniel Martins wrote: > > It is interesting to have something like > > (setq modifier-keys-are-sticky t) > > in XEMACS > > to make ctrl, shift, alt "sticky" in xemacs. > > =C2=A0With sticky-keys, you dont have to hold down the ctrl/shift/alt key= and > =C2=A0another key simultaneosly. For example, to type ctrl-a, you'd have = to > =C2=A0tap on the 'ctrl'-key, followed by a tap on the 'a'-key. > > This feature is quite useful for folks with sore wrists/hands like me. I agree that sticky keys are very useful, but is not that an OS/GUI feature? Please see http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/StickyModifiers