I am trying to become an Emacs "super" user on Windows

I am trying to become an Emacs "super" user on Windows

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;;;_ Super
;; Disable Caps Lock's default behavior (Windows-specific)
(setq w32-enable-caps-lock nil)

;; Remap Caps Lock to Super modifier key
(define-key key-translation-map (kbd "<capslock>") 'event-apply-super-modifier)

Now I should be able to use Caps Lock as the "Super" key, MULTIPLYING the number of possible combinations (x2 if I use maximum 2 modifiers at the same time).

But..., s-M- works while M-s- doesn't work.
Is the order of the super modifier important, or shouldn't be?
Any help would be appreciated.

Re: I am trying to become an Emacs "super" user on Windows

[Corwin Brust]

On Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 14:49 Kepa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text
editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:

>
> But..., s-M- works while M-s- doesn't work.
> Is the order of the super modifier important, or shouldn't be?
> Any help would be appreciated.
>

Are you saying the order you depress keys in makes a difference when
pressing chords involving swapped capslock and super on Windows?  If so,
does it work when you press all three (or just both modifiers) at the exact
same time?

Do you have sticky keys enabled in Windows, by chance?

>

Re: I am trying to become an Emacs "super" user on Windows

[Kepa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

Hi, Corwin

On 23/10/2024 22:14, corwin at bru.st wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2024, 14:49 Kepa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text 
> editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:
>
>
>     But..., s-M- works while M-s- doesn't work.
>     Is the order of the super modifier important, or shouldn't be?
>     Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Are you saying the order you depress keys in makes a difference when 
> pressing chords involving swapped capslock and super on Windows?  If 
> so,  does it work when you press all three (or just both modifiers) at 
> the exact same time?

Super (ex-capslock) must be the leading key. When pressing all three, 
super must be the first one, or it is ignored.

If I press Meta or control first, I get this message:

M-<capslock> is undefined, or

C-<capslock> is undefined, or, if all three:

C-M-<capslock> is undefined

If Super is leading, it works, for example:

C-M-s-f

>
> Do you have sticky keys enabled in Windows, by chance?
OFF

Fwd:

Re: I am trying to become an Emacs "super" user on Windows

[Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

> (define-key key-translation-map (kbd "<capslock>") 'event-apply-super-modifier)

`event-apply-*-modifier` suffer from all kinds of limitations, so
I don't think you'll like the result even if you can make it work in
some cases.


        Stefan

Re: I am trying to become an Emacs "super" user on Windows

[Kepa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor]

Thanks

It was incredibly simple, and almost works.

What would you please recommend?