From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jean Louis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Make Super key work in console Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:56:18 +0300 Message-ID: References: <87tuqg585j.fsf_-_@zoho.eu> <87pn12zbgc.fsf_-_@zoho.eu> <875z2twank.fsf@zoho.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23429"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07) Cc: help-gnu-emacs , Emanuel Berg To: Yuri Khan Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 21 05:57:32 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@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 1lDgoF-0005zo-Mb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 21 Feb 2021 05:57:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:48280 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDgoE-0001xM-K6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 23:57:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:37776) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDgnw-0001xF-Ou for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 23:57:12 -0500 Original-Received: from stw1.rcdrun.com ([217.170.207.13]:38685) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lDgnu-000835-Ih for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 23:57:12 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([::ffff:41.210.154.232]) (AUTH: PLAIN securesender, TLS: TLS1.2,256bits,ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) by stw1.rcdrun.com with ESMTPSA id 000000000001E1BF.000000006031E823.00001206; Sat, 20 Feb 2021 21:57:07 -0700 Mail-Followup-To: Yuri Khan , Emanuel Berg , help-gnu-emacs Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.170.207.13; envelope-from=bugs@gnu.support; helo=stw1.rcdrun.com X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:128163 Archived-At: * Yuri Khan [2021-02-20 18:27]: > > I got that, but let me know where is that defined that I can at least > > ask one by one so that implementation comes sooner. I think it is sooo > > late that some keys used for decades are not implemented. > > Probably nowhere except each terminal emulator’s source code. Aha, like that, so each is different. > > > Earlier, I have pointed you to the only terminal emulator I know that > > > is trying to actually solve the problem, by inventing a protocol > > > extension that faithfully represents all keys. Get Emacs playing nice > > > with that, then push for adoption of that protocol extension in other > > > terminal emulators, including Linux console. > > > > That sounds as good strategy. I have yet to research that. I know that > > `konsole' works, I have to research your option. > > I was surprised to learn that Konsole chose to translate Super+ > into C-x @ s , exactly what Emacs interprets back as S-. > > https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96282 > > In my opinion, it’s not a good way. Just piling dirty hacks to cover > the lack of general-purpose key representation. That is not good way is it does not recognize Super key.