GNU bug report logs - #55362
29.0.50; Super key no longer works on Wayland

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thomas Jost <schnouki <at> schnouki.net>

Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 10:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 49211, 51002, 53200, 55660, 56653

Found in versions 28.0.50, 29.0.50

Done: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Thomas Jost <schnouki <at> schnouki.net>
Cc: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, 55362 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55362: 29.0.50; Super key no longer works on Wayland
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 15:04:25 +0200
Po Lu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text
editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org> writes:

> That patch (and the old code) is incorrect, and the code before its
> removal was another example of the PGTK port haphazardly copying code
> from xterm.c to do stuff GDK is supposed to do by itself.  Mod4 is a
> real modifier and can correspond to any (number) of virtual modifiers,
> which might or might not contain Super.

But this seems to affect many people who had a working Super key before,
so I think we should re-fix this on the Emacs side.

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