Re: How to bind <lwindow>-; with a function on windows?

["B. T. Raven" <nihil@nihilo.net>]

anhnmncb wrote:
> When I type M-x global-set-key RET, then press <lwindow>, the help
> window pops up and show:
> 
> <rwindow> runs the command ignore, which is an interactive compiled
> Lisp function in `subr.el'.
> 
> It is bound to <mouse-movement>, <language-change>, <lwindow>,
> <rwindow>.
> 
> I have no chance to press <lwindow>-; to function. Type them in emacs
> window just produce a ;.
> 
> 
> 

If you put this in your .emacs:

(setq w32-pass-lwindow-to-system nil
       w32-pass-rwindow-to-system nil
       w32-pass-apps-to-system    nil
       w32-lwindow-modifier       'super   ;; Left Windows
       w32-rwindow-modifier       'super   ;; Right Windows
       w32-apps-modifier          'hyper)  ;; App-Menu (key to right of 
Right Windows)

then you will be able to use these bottom row keys as modifiers but you 
still won't be able to bind a function to the bare key (lwindow for 
example). You could however bind the function to Super- [a through z] or 
even combinations of Ctl, Meta, Super, and Hyper:

(global-set-key [(super w)] 'foo)

As Lennart notes there are some combinations that Windows will trap at 
the OS level but some of these are useful. Alt-tab will switch focus 
between emacs and some other app from which you may want to copy-paste 
for example.

Ed