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Windows10 doesn't allow either windows keys as hyper?

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Steve Greenburg <beethoven3322 <at> hotmail.com>
Subject: bug#44456: closed (Re: bug#44456: Windows10 doesn't allow either
 windows keys as hyper?)
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2020 17:49:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#44456: Windows10 doesn't allow either windows keys as hyper?

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 44456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Steve Greenburg <beethoven3322 <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: 44456-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44456: Windows10 doesn't allow either windows keys as hyper?
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:47:50 +0200

> From: Steve Greenburg <beethoven3322 <at> hotmail.com>
> CC: "44456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <44456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 17:05:10 +0000
> 
> The documentation for w32-register-hotkey says it is [h-] so I used
> that.

I fixed the documentation, thanks.

> Using [H-] does work as long as I
> change the variable before calling w32-register-hot-key like so:
> 
> (setq w32-lwindow-modifier 'hyper) 
> (w32-register-hot-key [H-])
> (setq w32-pass-lwindow-to-system nil)

That's okay, the manual and the doc string indeed say this should be
the order: first set w32-l/rwindow-modifier, then call
w32-register-hot-key.

With this, I'm closing the bug report.

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From: Steve Greenburg <beethoven3322 <at> hotmail.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Windows10 doesn't allow either windows keys as hyper?
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2020 21:44:37 +0000

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Apparently this is a known issue for a while. I'm on 27.1 right now on windows and the following code allows me to use the menu key as hyper:

(setq w32-pass-apps-to-system nil)
(setq w32-apps-modifier 'hyper)

However neither of the lwindows or rwindows versions work.

(setq w32-pass-rwindows-to-system nil)
(setq w32-rwindows-modifier 'hyper)

I'm not sure what key to use for Hyper in general. Ideally it would be something that wouldn't interfere too much with windows or ubuntu desktop shortcut keys, and unfortunately a lot of those use the Win/Super key. Caps_Lock for that would be nice. Is there a way around this problem?

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