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24.0.50; Caps Lock triggers set-mark-command

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From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
To: Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net>
Cc: 24456 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24456: 25.1;
 [PATCH] Caps-lock doesn't affect interpretation of key chords
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2016 10:04:50 -0400

forcemerge 4931 24456
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Dima Kogan <dima <at> secretsauce.net> writes:
>
> In a console on Debian it looks like Control+Shift+s produces C-s
> regardless of caps-lock, but I suspect this has a deeper cause than what
> this patch touches.

Yeah, I think for terminals the keystrokes have to fit in bytes, so
there is no room for both a Ctrl and Shift bit to be set.

>
>
> I have tested this patch on gtk (fixes it) and the console (doesn't
> change anything). Hopefully it makes osx work properly while letting
> windows builds keep working.

After applying the patch to emacs-25, I built --with-x-toolkit=lucid and
--enable-checking; I get an assertion violation when hitting C-n with
capslock on.

In GNU Emacs 25.1.28 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
 of 2016-09-18 built on zony
Repository revision: 76981c4457682ae8699789b334a3be7b60ad301d
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11804000
Configured using:
 'configure --cache-file=../debug-config.cache 'CFLAGS=-O0 -g3
 -march=native' --enable-checking MAKEINFO=makeinfo-4.13a
 --with-x-toolkit=lucid --without-toolkit-scroll-bars --with-gif=no
 --with-jpeg=no'

#0  terminate_due_to_signal (sig=6, backtrace_limit=2147483647) at emacs.c:354
#1  0x00000000005fa996 in die (msg=0x7273e6 "c == event->code", file=0x7259b0 "keyboard.c", line=5415)
    at alloc.c:7223
#2  0x000000000057d40e in make_lispy_event (event=0xd2ab68 <kbd_buffer+2632>) at keyboard.c:5415
#3  0x000000000057a2e3 in kbd_buffer_get_event (kbp=0x7fffffffddc8, used_mouse_menu=0x7fffffffe3af, 
    end_time=0x0) at keyboard.c:4071
#4  0x000000000057514a in read_event_from_main_queue (end_time=0x0, local_getcjmp=0x7fffffffe170, 
    used_mouse_menu=0x7fffffffe3af) at keyboard.c:2148
#5  0x0000000000575410 in read_decoded_event_from_main_queue (end_time=0x0, 
    local_getcjmp=0x7fffffffe170, prev_event=0, used_mouse_menu=0x7fffffffe3af) at keyboard.c:2211
#6  0x0000000000576fa7 in read_char (commandflag=1, map=28530083, prev_event=0, 
    used_mouse_menu=0x7fffffffe3af, end_time=0x0) at keyboard.c:2799
#7  0x0000000000585fe3 in read_key_sequence (keybuf=0x7fffffffe560, bufsize=30, prompt=0, 
    dont_downcase_last=false, can_return_switch_frame=true, fix_current_buffer=true, 
    prevent_redisplay=false) at keyboard.c:9089
#8  0x00000000005730f0 in command_loop_1 () at keyboard.c:1365
#9  0x000000000061a8c2 in internal_condition_case (bfun=0x572cb4 <command_loop_1>, handlers=19056, 
    hfun=0x572346 <cmd_error>) at eval.c:1309
#10 0x00000000005728f6 in command_loop_2 (ignore=0) at keyboard.c:1107
#11 0x0000000000619e91 in internal_catch (tag=45840, func=0x5728cd <command_loop_2>, arg=0)
    at eval.c:1074
#12 0x0000000000572898 in command_loop () at keyboard.c:1086
#13 0x0000000000571e36 in recursive_edit_1 () at keyboard.c:692
#14 0x0000000000572036 in Frecursive_edit () at keyboard.c:763
#15 0x000000000056fde3 in main (argc=2, argv=0x7fffffffe9f8) at emacs.c:1626

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