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Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems
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Paul Pogonyshev |
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Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems |
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Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:55:21 +0200 |
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:41:33 -0500
> > From: Paul Michael Reilly <address@hidden>
> >
> > Much to my chagrin, it would appear that the ancient Windows right
> > Alt/Meta key problem still exists (the right Alt key is NOT a Meta
> > modifier key as is the left one).
>
> Right Alt key does produce META for me, so it might be something
> specific to your system's setup or maybe to your locale.
I think it is related to the issue I raised under topic `wish: right alt/meta
to switch keyboard layout while pressed'. I.e. right Alt acts as a temporary
layout switcher and so it does not look as Alt to applications.
I strongly believe Emacs must not do anything about it. Quite the opposite:
it should properly handle Mode_switch on GNU/Linux etc. with X, so that it
disables LEIM layout while it pressed. This way Emacs would be consistent
with the rest of the system. If Windows lacks a way to disable this feature
and make right Alt work the same way as left Alt, it's a problem of Windows,
not of Emacs.
Paul
- Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems, Paul Michael Reilly, 2005/12/28
- Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems, Lennart Borgman, 2005/12/28
- Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/12/28
- Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems,
Paul Pogonyshev <=
- Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems, Paul Michael Reilly, 2005/12/28
- Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems, Lennart Borgman, 2005/12/28
- Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems, Eli Zaretskii, 2005/12/28
- Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems, Paul Michael Reilly, 2005/12/29
- Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems, Paul Pogonyshev, 2005/12/29
- Re: Right Alt/Meta keys on Windows systems, Richard M. Stallman, 2005/12/29