Re: Physical keyboard events

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: cpardo@imayhem.com,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:37:44 +0800
> 
> Emacs already tries to establish a sensible relationship between
> modifier bits and Emacs modifiers, and clearly, the reasonable way
> forward is to write a small quantity of code to deduce the modifier bits
> produced by a keysym, and reuse the existing mechanism to report a
> modifier that users will expect, instead of engineering a different
> mechanism for the purposes of reporting modifier activation and
> deactivation, or, as Cecilio's patch currently does, reporting keysyms
> totally independent of the modifiers actually bound to their keys.

I can see a place for both.  It all depends on what the Lisp program
wants to do.  So I guess we should allow Lisp programs to receive one
or the other.

> >> BTW, if the intention is to forward just modifier key events to Lisp,
> >> don't let's refer to them as "physical keyboard events", but in more
> >> specific terms.
> >
> > Yes, I think the idea is to generate modifier key events and expose
> > them to Lisp.  What is more specific than "physical keyboard events"?
> 
> "Modifier activation and release events", perhaps?

That's a mouthful.  How about "low-level keyboard events"?