GNU bug report logs - #66040
30.0.50; The XF86AudioLowerVolume on keyboard cannot be detected correctly

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Message #23 received at 66040 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: "Wang, Zhenhua \(MU-Student\)" <zhenhua.wang <at> mail.missouri.edu>,
 66040 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66040: 30.0.50; The XF86AudioLowerVolume on keyboard cannot
 be detected correctly
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 01:16:27 -0700

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

>> Such keys are fairly common on standard keyboards, or at least used to
>> be.  There is usually an extra "function key row" with a "volume down"
>> key that generates XF86AudioLowerVolume.  I have one of those keyboards
>> lying around.
>>
>> Is there a way to support this on mobile phones without this key
>> breaking on machines with regular keyboards?
>
> No idea.  But I've yet to encounter such a phone in practice, so I have
> no objection to defaulting x-quit-keysym to nil, if they are indeed left
> ungrabbed by window managers on ordinary computers.

Thanks.  Could you please install a change along those lines?

Note also what Eli said:

> If it isn't possible to have an Android-specific binding, I think we
> should make the Android-specific binding in android-win.el or
> somesuch, and leave the default as it is appropriate for laptops and
> desktop systems.

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