GNU bug report logs - #67430
29.1; <Multi_key> is undefined

Previous Next

Full log

Message #17 received at 67430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 67430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, pot <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67430: 29.1; <Multi_key> is undefined
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 13:18:10 +0200

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: pot <at> gnu.org,  67430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 19:10:15 +0800
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > What other roles does this key play?  And how frequent is each role?
> 
> I don't know.  There is generally no other use for it under X, except
> perhaps as a modifier key, which if true Emacs won't register key
> presses at all.
> 
> > Also, if we bind this key by default as Francesco suggests, what
> > adverse results could this cause on the systems where this binding is
> > wrong?
> 
> Nothing beyond the obvious, to wit: Emacs will react to pressing the
> Multi_key as though it were bound to iso-transl-ctl-x-8-map.

Then maybe we should behave by default as Francesco suggested?  users
which don't like the results could always unbind/rebind the key.
WDYT?

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.