From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?utf-8?Q?=C3=93scar_Fuentes?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Key bindings proposal Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:46:25 +0200 Message-ID: <87mxsqzfam.fsf@telefonica.net> References: <19534.1494.627000.357123@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <19546.30901.687000.971249@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <19546.47167.15000.439215@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87fwys7qao.fsf@telefonica.net> <87hbj8qvd9.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87iq3k68ye.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <874of466rj.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87pqxsbrie.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87k4nv7t72.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <19556.28233.750000.798692@gargle.gargle.HOWL> <87aaoqjzge.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281714415 17709 80.91.229.12 (13 Aug 2010 15:46:55 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:46:55 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 13 17:46:53 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OjwT5-0004Fv-U0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:46:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54139 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OjwT5-00047b-EG for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:46:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=59572 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OjwSw-00046o-G1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:46:46 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OjwSq-0005zL-Rx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:46:42 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:60777) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OjwSq-0005z9-L7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:46:36 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OjwSn-000468-Pl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:46:33 +0200 Original-Received: from 83.42.13.171 ([83.42.13.171]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:46:33 +0200 Original-Received: from ofv by 83.42.13.171 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:46:33 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.42.13.171 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:LFG5T3fimqZ2/VDetyJd5jcze70= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:128610 Archived-At: Chong Yidong writes: > The problem is that Lennart's proposed solution seems to be the wrong > one. If you want to rebind the Windows key to a modifier key, the > conceptually correct way to do it should be via a separate program, > separate from Emacs. That is exactly how it is done on GNU/Linux > (where conventions like Alt-TAB are commonly respected, nowadays). > > If there is any technical reason why this cannot be done on Windows, I > have not yet seen anyone argue it. It is Emacs who is behaving idiosyncratically in Windows, so the fix must come from Emacs, not from a system-wide change. Not that I have any problem with the current behavior...