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

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 44973 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org, j <at> mremus.net
Subject: bug#44973: Add a macOS global hotkey function
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 00:15:20 -0500

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You and Eli gave two analyses of the nature of this change:

Eli:

  > 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.

Lars:

  > Since this brings up the Macos version of Emacs into feature parity with
  > what you can do in GNU/Linux and Windows,

If Lars is right, it is ok to install.  If Eli is right, it should not
be installed.

So it's a matter of which of those two is right.  I have no idea.
But you can compare notes and figure out.

Is it possible that, in some way, both are right?  If so, this is a
strange situation and worth deeper study.


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Dr Richard Stallman
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