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30.0.50; Emacs Pgtk doesn't recognize Hyper key on Linux Wayland

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eval Exec <execvy <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 67458 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#67458: 30.0.50; Emacs Pgtk doesn't recognize Hyper key on Linux Wayland
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 20:21:39 +0200

> From: Eval Exec <execvy <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 18:31:31 +0800
> 
> Hello, I'm have an Emacs Pgtk build from NixOS's emacs-overlay,
> And I Re-maped left ctrl key as Hyper key, and set the Hyper key as Mod3:
> ```bash
> $ xmodmap
> xmodmap:  up to 4 keys per modifier, (keycodes in parentheses):
> 
> shift       Shift_L (0x32),  Shift_R (0x3e)
> lock
> control     Control_L (0x42),  Control_R (0x69)
> mod1        Alt_L (0x40),  Alt_R (0x6c),  Alt_L (0xcc),  Meta_L (0xcd)
> mod2        Num_Lock (0x4d)
> mod3        Hyper_L (0x25),  ISO_Level5_Shift (0xcb),  Hyper_L (0xcf)
> mod4        Super_L (0x85),  Super_R (0x86),  Super_L (0xce)
> mod5        ISO_Level3_Shift (0x5c)
> ```
> 
> As you can see, `Hyper_L` is `mod3`.
> 
> But when I open `emacs-pgtk` and M-x describe-key, then press
> `Hyper_L` (original left control) and `p` key, emacs just recognizes
> it as a single `p` key. This is not expected. I expect Emacs will
> recognize its `H-p` key.
> 
> And I can confirm this issue does not happen on non pgtk emacs. Emacs
> non-pkgtk  will recognize `Hyper_L` + `p` as `H-p` in `describe-key`.

This is a known problem, see etc/PROBLEMS (search for "PGTK").

Unfortunately, there's no known solution or workaround.

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