* Modifier state?
@ 2009-02-13 20:18 David Reitter
2009-02-13 20:25 ` Drew Adams
2009-02-14 1:43 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: David Reitter @ 2009-02-13 20:18 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Emacs-Devel devel
Do we have a way to detect the modifier state from the Lisp level, or
bind commands to modifier state changes?
I'd like to run a command whenever the user presses and releases the
Meta (not ESC) key. This would be on non-TTY sessions.
A lot of applications show additional info when you press Alt/Option
(which is Meta for me); they even update the menus with alternative
functions. The user can even view a menu, press and hold Alt/Option
and see the menu items change.
Thanks
- David
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* RE: Modifier state?
2009-02-13 20:18 Modifier state? David Reitter
@ 2009-02-13 20:25 ` Drew Adams
2009-02-14 1:43 ` Stefan Monnier
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From: Drew Adams @ 2009-02-13 20:25 UTC (permalink / raw
To: 'David Reitter', 'Emacs-Devel devel'
> Do we have a way to detect the modifier state from the Lisp
> level, or bind commands to modifier state changes?
>
> I'd like to run a command whenever the user presses and releases the
> Meta (not ESC) key. This would be on non-TTY sessions.
>
> A lot of applications show additional info when you press Alt/Option
> (which is Meta for me); they even update the menus with alternative
> functions. The user can even view a menu, press and hold Alt/Option
> and see the menu items change.
Someone else will perhaps correct this or provide more up-to-date info, but you
might take a look at function `event-modifiers'.
See the Elisp manual, nodes Keyboard Events and Classifying Events.
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* Re: Modifier state?
2009-02-13 20:18 Modifier state? David Reitter
2009-02-13 20:25 ` Drew Adams
@ 2009-02-14 1:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-14 14:34 ` David Reitter
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From: Stefan Monnier @ 2009-02-14 1:43 UTC (permalink / raw
To: David Reitter; +Cc: Emacs-Devel devel
> Do we have a way to detect the modifier state from the Lisp level, or bind
> commands to modifier state changes?
No.
I did some simple experiments with it, in order to get events like
<control> and <down-control> (which actually were <down-control> and
<C-control> because when the release event is received, the modifier
state is not yet cleared). I did get it to work OK without too much
trouble (mostly I had to add some function-key-map entries to drop those
events when not bound, and I had to rework C-q so that it waits for
a "real" key press rather than stopping at the <down-control>), but
haven't investigated much further.
Stefan
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* Re: Modifier state?
2009-02-14 1:43 ` Stefan Monnier
@ 2009-02-14 14:34 ` David Reitter
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From: David Reitter @ 2009-02-14 14:34 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Stefan Monnier; +Cc: Emacs-Devel devel
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On 13 Feb 2009, at 20:43, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Do we have a way to detect the modifier state from the Lisp level,
>> or bind
>> commands to modifier state changes?
>
> No.
>
> I did some simple experiments with it, in order to get events like
> <control> and <down-control> (which actually were <down-control> and
> <C-control> because when the release event is received, the modifier
> state is not yet cleared). I did get it to work OK without too much
> trouble (mostly I had to add some function-key-map entries to drop
> those
> events when not bound, and I had to rework C-q so that it waits for
> a "real" key press rather than stopping at the <down-control>), but
> haven't investigated much further.
And I guess there's a bit of port-specific work involved, too.
It would be excellent to have this post-23.1.
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