Re: Emacs Manual: G.5 Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows

[Francis Wright]

From: "Eli Zaretskii" <address@hidden>
To: "Francis Wright" <address@hidden>
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Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 4:09 AM
Subject: Re: Emacs Manual: G.5 Keyboard Usage on MS-Windows


> > From: "Francis Wright" <address@hidden>
> > Cc: <address@hidden>
> > Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:58:36 -0000
> >
> > The documentation for the variable `w32-pass-lwindow-to-system' carries a
> > rider that key *combinations* involving the left windows key cannot be
> > handled by Emacs, but the manual does not include this rider, and so is a
> > little misleading.  Perhaps adding a reference in the manual to the 
> > variable
> > documentation for further details would suffice.
>
> Sorry, I don't understand: what rider? what variable?

The final paragraph of the help for the variable 
`w32-pass-lwindow-to-system' explains the point that Lennart is making, 
which is that this variable only affects the left Windows key when it is 
pressed alone.  When it is used as a modifier key, the combination is 
trapped by Windows at a low level and so cannot he handled by Emacs.  It 
would be helpful if this information were included in the manual in some 
way.