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

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Message #58 received at 19977 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, adrian.b.robert <at> gmail.com,
 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, 26 Dec 2017 17:42:48 +0000

Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I've attached a patch that should keep the aforementioned input methods working (by setting ns-command-modifier to none) and allow Command and Option to be treated as either shift-like or control-like modifiers.
> In my tests input now works as expected with the Dvorak - Querty and similar input methods if ns-command-modifier is none. Also various key combinations with Super work now if it's set to super.
> One thing that might be unexpected is that e.g. Command-Control-A will be interpreted as Control-A if ns-command-modifier is none, even if Command-A would insert something other than A. It seems this is (undesirable) behavior is actually already present at head.

Hi Philipp,

Do you think this patch is still good?

I reckon the issues with command-key modifiers should be fixed, even if
it's just a new variable that disables the shift-like behaviour of
command.
-- 
Alan Third

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