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24.4; Support for OS X press and hold

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Message #29 received at 19931 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj <at> codeisgreat.org>
Cc: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>, Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>,
 19931 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19931: 24.4; Support for OS X press and hold
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2020 22:51:23 +0200

>> I don't know how "Press and hold" works on OS X, but it seems it's like
>> on some smartphone screen virtual keyboards holding down a letter pops up
>> a list of suggestions with accented letters.
>
> Yes exactly similar to that.

I noticed there is already the corresponding item in etc/TODO:

  **** PressAndHold for writing accented character
  On macOS, many application support the press and hold pattern to
  invoke a menu of accented characters.  (See example at
  https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201586 .)

  Currently, this doesn't work in Emacs.

  Note that "ns-win.el" explicitly disables this.

  Note: This feature might not be allowed to be implemented until also
  implemented in Emacs for a free system.

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