GNU bug report logs - #56117
29.0.50; pgtk does not distinguish between <kp-separator> and "."/","

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From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, 56117 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, qsx <at> chaotikum.eu
Subject: bug#56117: 29.0.50; pgtk does not distinguish between <kp-separator> and "."/","
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:02:35 +0800

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> And there's absolutely no way for Emacs to get at the original keys?

It can by turning the input method off, but as a result any features
provided by them will no longer work.

Most users prefer working input methods to those few rare keys, so it is
on by default.

> Or for users to configure their systems so as to work around this
> "swallowing"?  I have hard time believing that no one has discovered
> any workarounds for this misfeature.

I feel the same way, but didn't find anything.

> Can those system input methods be easily toggled, which would allow to
> disable them temporarily, just for the period of time the kp-* keys
> are needed?

No, we don't have such a feature yet.  But it would be possible to
implement it.

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