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: xterm [menu] key definition Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 18:52:12 +0300 Message-ID: <831r6gtd8z.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20210819024728.kgnf6jmpakqdto4p.ref@Ergus> <20210819024728.kgnf6jmpakqdto4p@Ergus> <87mtp71i4s.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <20210824164036.caohbap24666ij35@Ergus> <20210824232033.ksesfe3ewflbsv63@Ergus> <83o89lvju4.fsf@gnu.org> <83o89ku23n.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21203"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: spacibba@aol.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, juri@linkov.net To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 26 17:53:25 2021 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 1mJHgz-0005Jx-As for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:53:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56120 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJHgy-0007hH-7y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:53:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57732) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJHgB-0006ai-5P for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:52:35 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:40384) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJHg9-0001qp-CQ; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:52:33 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:2967 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mJHg8-0001Oa-Up; Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:52:33 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from Stefan Monnier on Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:59:05 -0400) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:273039 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: spacibba@aol.com, juri@linkov.net, emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:59:05 -0400 > > > but it keeps silent about the main part: what and where is that "Menu" > > key on a modern keyboard? > > A few problems here: > - I'm not sure it's relevant to this change, actually. The NEWS entry talks about a key that many users will have without knowing where it is. So IMO it's a Good Thing to tell that in conjunction with this change, even if it's a note in parentheses. > - I don't know where such a key might be. > I don't have one on any of my keywords, AFAICT. > My best guess from souvenirs of seeing other keyboards is that it'd be > the key that is labeled with something that looks like a drop > down menu? Wouldn't that description be kind of tautological? See this short article, I hope it provides enough info to understand what is that key: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_key