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24.4; Incorrect translation of Super modifier with Ctrl or Meta on OS X

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 19977 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19977: 24.4; Incorrect translation of Super modifier with
 Ctrl or Meta on OS X
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:38:52 +0000

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Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Di., 29. März 2016 um
18:31 Uhr:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> schrieb am Di., 29. März 2016 um 18:00 Uhr:
>
>> > From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
>> > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 15:45:13 +0000
>> > Cc: 19977 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> >
>> > Some more debugging output, using NS_KEYLOG = 1. The input sequence is
>> a, C-a, M-a, s-a, C-S-a, M-S-a,
>> > s-S-a, C-s-a, M-s-a. As you can see, 'code' is correct (A or a), except
>> for the last two cases.
>>
>> I guess someone who understand how keyboard input works on OS X will
>> have to look into this.
>>
>
> If I comment out the if block below the comment
>           /* if super (default), take input manager's word so things like
>              dvorak / qwerty layout work */
> in nsterm.m, everything works. Unless somebody can explain why that if
> block exists at all (i.e. why [theEvent characters] instead of [theEvent
> charactersIgnoringModifiers] is used), then I'd suggest to remove the block
> completely.
>

Attached a patch to remove this code.

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