Subject: Re: bug#4373: 23.1.50; sticky keys wanted

From: Lennart Borgman <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 02:19:56 +0200

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Daniel Martins<[email-masked]> wrote:
>
> It is interesting to have something like
>
> (setq modifier-keys-are-sticky t)
>
> in XEMACS
>
> to make ctrl, shift, alt "sticky" in xemacs.
>
>  With sticky-keys, you dont have to hold down the ctrl/shift/alt key and
>  another key simultaneosly. For example, to type ctrl-a, you'd have to
>  tap on the 'ctrl'-key, followed by a tap on the 'a'-key.
>
> This feature is quite useful for folks with sore wrists/hands like me.

I agree that sticky keys are very useful, but is not that an OS/GUI
feature? Please see http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/StickyModifiers