GNU bug report logs - #46990
28.0.50; popup menu not navigable via arrow keys on lucid build

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Message #142 received at 46990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, m43cap <at> yandex.com, 46990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se
Subject: Re: bug#46990: 28.0.50;
 popup menu not navigable via arrow keys on lucid build
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 18:54:15 +0300

> Cc: Colin Baxter <m43cap <at> yandex.com>, 46990 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>  "Jan D." <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2022 17:38:55 +0200
> 
> > /* For debug, if installation-directory is non-nil this is not an installed
> >    Emacs.   In that case we do not grab the keyboard to make it easier to
> >    debug. */
> > #define GRAB_KEYBOARD  (EQ (Vinstallation_directory, Qnil))
> >
> > and it's not a bug.
> 
> It's always nice when behaviour like this has a logical explanation.  😀
> 
> But I'm not sure whether we actually want this.  The commit message is
> somewhat vague -- what's the debugging this simplifies?  Is it still
> relevant?  I've added Jan to the CCs; perhaps he remembers the reasoning
> for the 20 year old change:

I think it's better to have a variable that people who need to debug
this code could set.

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