GNU bug report logs - #24456
25.1; [PATCH] Caps-lock doesn't affect interpretation of key chords

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>

Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 07:02:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

Merged with 4931, 7637, 17781

Found in versions 24.0.50, 24.3, 25.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 24456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: bug#24456: 25.1; [PATCH] Caps-lock doesn't affect interpretation of key chords
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 11:15:37 -0700

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>
>> Cc: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net, 24456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 22:22:09 -0700
>> 
>> Eli, do you know how caps-lock works on foreign keyboards?
>
> They capitalize letters, AFAIK.  Of course, the effect also depends on
> the OS and the application that receives the keys.

OK. So how do we test this? The current patch fixes the ASCII case and
has no effect on the non-ASCII case. Maybe this is OK, actually, since
the only potentially broken remaining cases are with people binding
things like C-รณ.
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