Re: OS X System Key Combinations

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 21.05.2013 um 23:18 schrieb tshanno@bearingthenews.com:

> http://emacsformacosx.com
> 
> As far as I know the X server on my system is not running.  At least not of the type I've used for almost 20 years under Linux.  It doesn't say it explicitly on the website but it certainly looks like it is, indeed, the "AppKit Emacs".

No, it looks like the NS variant from the unpatched GNU Emacs 24.3.50 sources. It will report on M-x emacs-version RET something like:

	GNU Emacs 24.3.50 (i386-apple-darwin10.8.0, NS apple-appkit-1038.36) of 2013-05-20 on …
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The "AppKit Emacs", with a history as Carbon Emacs, will report something like this:

	GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0, Carbon Version 1.6.0 AppKit 1038.36) of 2012-09-11 on …
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> 
> I take it from your response that this should, indeed, be passing the key combinations through to the system using this version of Emacs and that there is something wrong with my installation.  Is that correct?

It should. But both Emacsen change the meaning of the alt, cmd, and maybe more keys by default. With C-h k you can find out what alt-a and cmd-a are and you can also look via Emacs -> Services from the  menu bar at the services your Emacs sees. The modifier keys I mentioned have, presumingly, names like

	ns-alternate-modifier
	   This variable describes the behavior of the alternate or option
	   key.
	ns-command-modifier
	   This variable describes the behavior of the command key.
	ns-control-modifier
	   This variable describes the behavior of the control key.
	ns-function-modifier
	   This variable describes the behavior of the function key (on
	   laptops).
	ns-option-modifier
	ns-right-alternate-modifier
	   This variable describes the behavior of the right alternate or
	   option key.
	ns-right-command-modifier
	   This variable describes the behavior of the right command key.
	ns-right-control-modifier
	   This variable describes the behavior of the right control key.
	ns-right-option-modifier

Have you recorded your key combinations in System Preferences in a way that the Emacs applications do have knowledge of them?

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