From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: w32-pass-lwindow-to-system (& ...rwindow) Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:48:28 +0300 Message-ID: References: <4515D654.2000705@student.lu.se> <451656F5.5050105@student.lu.se> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159102139 14440 80.91.229.2 (24 Sep 2006 12:48:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:48:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, brakjoller@gmail.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 24 14:48:56 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GRTPf-0002ad-EL for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 14:48:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GRTPe-0007cK-V5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:48:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GRTPP-0007af-4g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:48:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GRTPO-0007ZC-5t for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:48:34 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GRTPN-0007Yx-GV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:48:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GRTTY-0002vi-PC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 08:52:53 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-39-253.inter.net.il [80.230.39.253]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id EST53223 (AUTH halo1); Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:48:26 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: Lennart Borgman In-reply-to: <451656F5.5050105@student.lu.se> (message from Lennart Borgman on Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:59:17 +0200) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37587 Archived-At: > Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 11:59:17 +0200 > From: Lennart Borgman > CC: brakjoller@gmail.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > >> This behaviour is consistent with MS documentation. To avoid that > >> windows left and right keys open for example the run dialog with Win+r > >> you have to implement a low level keyboard hook. > >> > > > > Can you give a pointer to the Microsoft documentation which says that, > > and/or documentation that explains how the LWIN-r combo works in terms > > of Win32 API calls, and why it bypasses the normal keyboard reading > > Emacs uses? > > > > See the thread where we discussed this: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2005-07/msg00448.html I've re-read that discussion before asking the question. The only pointers I found there were to a CodeProject page, which just said that keyboard hooks were necessary, but didn't explain the issue any further. What I'm looking for is a more in-depth documentation, preferably official Microsoft one. > > I'm well aware of your patched version. The fact is, however, that we > > do seem to have code in w32fns.c that tries to work around the Run > > dialog being popped. I asked my question (above) to try to understand > > whether that code works at all, on any Windows system. Presumably, it > > worked for someone at some point in the past, or else it would not > > have been added to Emacs. > > I think the documentation I pointed to in the beginning of the thread > answers this questions too. Please tell where, I must have missed that somehow.