GNU bug report logs - #44641
[PATCH] Ignore modifiers when processing WM_IME_CHAR messages

Previous Next

To add a comment to this bug, you must first unarchive it, by sending
a message to control AT debbugs.gnu.org, with unarchive 44641 in the body.
You can then email your comments to 44641 AT debbugs.gnu.org in the normal way.

Toggle the display of automated, internal messages from the tracker.

Message #5 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: tsuucat <tsuucat <at> icloud.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: [PATCH] Ignore modifiers when processing WM_IME_CHAR messages
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 01:58:34 +0900

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Current Emacs for Windows recognizes modifier keys even when inputting
with IME. Some IMEs use modifier keys to input characters, so this
causes inconvenient for such IME users.

Example: Microsoft IME (Japanese input method)
If I type Ctrl+m to input こんにちは, I get C-こ C-ん C-に C-ち C-は
in Emacs.

This patch ignores modifier keys when processing WM_IME_CHAR
messages. This patch is not intended to introduce Windows specific
behavior; X build already ignores modifier keys when processing inputs
via XIM.

src/xterm.c:
...
              nbytes = XmbLookupString (FRAME_XIC (f),
                                        &xkey, (char *) copy_bufptr,
                                        copy_bufsiz, &keysym,
                                        &status_return);
...
              else if (status_return == XLookupChars)
                {
                  keysym = NoSymbol;
                  modifiers = 0;
                }
...

--
tsuucat

[0001-Ignore-modifiers-when-processing-WM_IME_CHAR-message.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

[Message part 3 (text/plain, inline)]

Message #8 received at 44641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: tsuucat <tsuucat <at> icloud.com>
Cc: 44641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44641: [PATCH] Ignore modifiers when processing WM_IME_CHAR
 messages
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 19:24:48 +0200

> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 01:58:34 +0900
> From: tsuucat via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Current Emacs for Windows recognizes modifier keys even when inputting
> with IME. Some IMEs use modifier keys to input characters, so this
> causes inconvenient for such IME users.

You say "some IMEs", so I wonder whether ignoring modifier keys for
WM_IME_CHAR is always the right thing.  Do you know for sure? is that
documented somewhere?  (I'm not an expert on MS-Windows IMEs.)

Thanks.

Message #11 received at 44641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: tsuucat <tsuucat <at> icloud.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44641: [PATCH] Ignore modifiers when processing WM_IME_CHAR
 messages
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:07:26 +0900

>> Current Emacs for Windows recognizes modifier keys even when inputting
>> with IME. Some IMEs use modifier keys to input characters, so this
>> causes inconvenient for such IME users.
> 
> You say "some IMEs", so I wonder whether ignoring modifier keys for
> WM_IME_CHAR is always the right thing.  Do you know for sure? is that
> documented somewhere?  (I'm not an expert on MS-Windows IMEs.)

I believe this change will not affect other IME users. Other IME users
simply don't use modifier keys to input multibyte characters. For
example, Chinese IME users type Space to select and input the
candidate, but typing Ctrl+Space doesn't mean users select and input
the candidate (= WM_IME_CHAR messages will not happen). 

Some Japanese IME users type Ctrl+m or Ctrl+n to select and input the
candidate and they want to send Ctrl to IME not to Emacs.

I don't have just the right documentation but this change just follows
the way X build Emacs does. 

--
tsuucat

Message #16 received at 44641-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: tsuucat <tsuucat <at> icloud.com>
Cc: 44641-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#44641: [PATCH] Ignore modifiers when processing WM_IME_CHAR
 messages
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 10:18:36 +0200

> From: tsuucat <tsuucat <at> icloud.com>
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 12:07:26 +0900
> Cc: 44641 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> 
> >> Current Emacs for Windows recognizes modifier keys even when inputting
> >> with IME. Some IMEs use modifier keys to input characters, so this
> >> causes inconvenient for such IME users.
> > 
> > You say "some IMEs", so I wonder whether ignoring modifier keys for
> > WM_IME_CHAR is always the right thing.  Do you know for sure? is that
> > documented somewhere?  (I'm not an expert on MS-Windows IMEs.)
> 
> I believe this change will not affect other IME users. Other IME users
> simply don't use modifier keys to input multibyte characters. For
> example, Chinese IME users type Space to select and input the
> candidate, but typing Ctrl+Space doesn't mean users select and input
> the candidate (= WM_IME_CHAR messages will not happen). 
> 
> Some Japanese IME users type Ctrl+m or Ctrl+n to select and input the
> candidate and they want to send Ctrl to IME not to Emacs.
> 
> I don't have just the right documentation but this change just follows
> the way X build Emacs does. 

OK, thanks.  I installed your changes on the emacs-27 branch, but I
also added a variable, w32-ignore-modifiers-on-IME-input, that allows
to get back the old behavior, in case the new behavior adversely
effects some use cases.

With that, I'm closing this bug report.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.