From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Physical keyboard events Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 15:30:41 +0200 Message-ID: <86ed3pu7su.fsf@gnu.org> References: <31bdc55d-8c13-4de0-9cef-bd6cc4fb033f@imayhem.com> <19ab52d0-88bd-4378-8fa8-8603e01233e3@imayhem.com> <871pzrl4sn.fsf@yahoo.com> <87o72vjk1f.fsf@yahoo.com> <86fro7uo6h.fsf@gnu.org> <87bjyvjdk2.fsf@yahoo.com> <867c9juetb.fsf@gnu.org> <87wmhiihzx.fsf@yahoo.com> <7c1b4258-447f-433c-939e-21df7f9eeec3@imayhem.com> <87ses6hx27.fsf@yahoo.com> <3cc3b427-0adf-49e7-8db7-506803c2b29b@imayhem.com> <87o72tj2hd.fsf@yahoo.com> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23667"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: cpardo@imayhem.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Po Lu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Nov 05 14:32:17 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1t8JfN-00063B-Aj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2024 14:32:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1t8Jdv-00011U-JR; Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:30:47 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1t8Jdt-00010n-Tr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:30:46 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1t8Jdt-0007HA-3H; Tue, 05 Nov 2024 08:30:45 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=KIVTpmvMWhuglMRa6ySxbVKSy4G26LSJ3ZGqSvbbhRM=; b=qTpPv2M7Dk18 oZb9AtpuczKyRn2RvDkeZU5yzsUJQVDYotyIQXdggnkOGNQhAy41Lm6xSHDdSANaCSqfGd0c2nk6a gGJ58AXGonKQgk9Eyte+uWXtIZcZODcocjsU3Ejlc8syk+IETx/seFM9aZdOxSLNjl/OwoKUncI9j DCAc9M03vF6qdX6Rk7nN0/G8uLRvoS9+B8Sn52qWwuQhSaswSNMwqOP+TPSDy1l6ks5HB8lFZjosQ UrIE6X6196kyv+GKvZ2+FO++Sewc2El061qskQtnIoVtIJd2KFAvOoNlXU3Zmfzwp4T4L+nFFWthh m/pchv29h4iyVBn0LR4ihA==; In-Reply-To: <87o72tj2hd.fsf@yahoo.com> (message from Po Lu on Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:21:02 +0800) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:325139 Archived-At: > From: Po Lu > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 20:21:02 +0800 > > Cecilio Pardo writes: > > > We are implementing the ability to bind an action to the press of the > > key, regardless of its meaning as a modifier. This way, we can take > > advantage of double keys (Shift_L, Shift_R) and give more options to > > the user. > > It's not a matter of giving users more choice or finer control, but of > correctness. How will you handle the case where the key labeled Caps > Lock is, in all functional respects, Ctrl, and that labeled Ctrl serves > another purpose that renders it simply unavailable to Emacs? Who said we should handle that case in any way, except reporting the key as CapsLock? > But let me pose a different question: why do you need to distinguish > between left and right modifier keys? Because they are separate keys.