GNU bug report logs - #5842
Move Control modifier only in Emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: andrey <at> fotola.ru

Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2010 11:22:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #12 received at 5842 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: andrey <at> fotola.ru
Cc: 5842 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5842: Move Control modifier only in Emacs
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:42:58 +0200

andrey <at> fotola.ru writes:

> This patch allows to move Control modifier only in Emacs.
> For example, you can do
> (setq x-ctrl-keysym 'meta)
> (setq x-meta-keysym 'ctrl)
> to swap Control and Meta in Emacs, but not in X Window.

This does make sense, I guess?  And there's the precedence with
`x-alt-keysym' and friends...

On the other hand, stuff like this really ought to be fixed on the X
level, I think.

Opinions?

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