GNU bug report logs - #74975
Emacs app in MacOS, The keydown events for ESC are consumed by emacs and, IIUC, will not be sent to other app like Squirrel.

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From: Jones Stephen <happyojones <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Emacs app in MacOS, The keydown events for ESC are consumed by emacs
 and, IIUC, will not be sent to other app like Squirrel.
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 20:06:46 +0800

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Hello:

I have encountered an issue with the Emacs app on macOS. Specifically, the
`ESC` keydown events are consumed by Emacs and, as far as I understand, are
not passed to other applications like Squirrel (a macOS input method). This
behavior seems problematic in certain scenarios.

For reference, a related issue has been discussed here: [
https://github.com/rime/squirrel/issues/625](https://github.com/rime/squirrel/issues/625)
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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Jones Stephen <happyojones <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 74975 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#74975: Emacs app in MacOS, The keydown events for ESC are
 consumed by emacs and, IIUC, will not be sent to other app like Squirrel.
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2025 19:27:13 -0600

Jones Stephen <happyojones <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Hello:
>
> I have encountered an issue with the Emacs app on macOS. Specifically, the `ESC` keydown events are consumed by Emacs and, as far as I
> understand, are not passed to other applications like Squirrel (a macOS input method). This behavior seems problematic in certain scenarios.
>
> For reference, a related issue has been discussed here: [https://github.com/rime/squirrel/issues/625](https://github.com/rime/squirrel/issues/625).

Could you please provide a step-by-step way to reproduce this bug?

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