bug#38296: closed (Allow Option key to be modifier for non-char key and mouse events)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Allow Option key to be modifier for non-char key and mouse events Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 11:55:04 +0100

Mac users, especially those of us with a non-US keyboard, need the Option keys 
for entering various characters, and thus set 'ns-alternate-modifier' to nil, 
or use 'ns-right-alternate-modifier' to employ only one of them for this 
purpose. However, this prevents use of that key as modifier for function keys 
(arrows, backspace etc) or mouse actions.

This patch adds the variable 'ns-alternate-modifier-char-entry' which, when 
non-nil, inhibits the Option key translation to Emacs modifiers for character 
keys but allows it for any other event. For example, setting

(setq ns-alternate-modifier 'super)
(setq ns-alternate-modifier-char-entry t)

makes Option act as Super with function keys and mouse clicks, but retains the 
standard macOS semantics for character entry (for example, Option + p = π).

0001-Add-ns-alternate-modifier-char-entry.patch
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> 26 nov. 2019 kl. 23.03 skrev Alan Third <address@hidden>:
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> > Having works, but the phrase is ‘of the form’.
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> Right you are, 'of' it is then.
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> 27 nov. 2019 kl. 05.51 skrev Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>:
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> > Btw, "customised" is not the US English spelling; please fix before
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> Thank you, fixed. I'm not used to writing in that dialect.
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> Pushed to master.
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