GNU bug report logs - #44973
Add a macOS global hotkey function

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Message #56 received at 44973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 44973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, j <at> mremus.net
Subject: Re: bug#44973: Add a macOS global hotkey function
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:02:29 -0500

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  > w32-register-hot-key allows a consistent UX across platforms
  > _inside_Emacs_.  Your changes, AFAIU, aims at using Emacs as a way to
  > work around problems in the OS WM, not in Emacs running on that OS.

That sure sounds like a MacOS-specific feature.  If so, we should
not include it in a GNU program.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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