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bug#51001: 28.0.50; [feature/pgtk] Wrong modifier used as meta with pgtk
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Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
bug#51001: 28.0.50; [feature/pgtk] Wrong modifier used as meta with pgtk |
Date: |
Sun, 3 Sep 2023 01:41:32 -0700 |
tags 51001 - moreinfo
tags 51001 + notabug
thanks
Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu> writes:
> On 13/09/2022 03:32, Po Lu wrote:
>> Tom Hughes <tom@compton.nu> writes:
>>
>>> This still seems to happen on master, yes.
>> The Wayland compositor does not respect modifier mappings set in the
>> Xwayland server. GTK 3 has lost the concept of a separate "Meta"
>> modifier, so there is no way to achieve what you want on PGTK.
>> And probably on Wayland in general, I think.
>
> So I think I have found a way to get what I want, because I don't
> actually care about a meta key, but I use A-letter for all my main
> short cuts. Fortunately this works:
>
> (setq x-meta-keysym 'alt)
>
> I did try changing my A-letter shortcuts to M-letter but that winds
> up breaking ESC x as M-x which is the one thing I do use.
Is it worth documenting this trick somewhere? Po Lu, what do you think?
Other than that, I guess this is not a bug in Emacs.
- bug#51001: 28.0.50; [feature/pgtk] Wrong modifier used as meta with pgtk,
Stefan Kangas <=