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Re: Make Super key work in console


From: Jean Louis
Subject: Re: Make Super key work in console
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 07:56:18 +0300
User-agent: Mutt/2.0 (3d08634) (2020-11-07)

* Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com> [2021-02-20 18:27]:
> > I got that, but let me know where is that defined that I can at least
> > ask one by one so that implementation comes sooner. I think it is sooo
> > late that some keys used for decades are not implemented.
> 
> Probably nowhere except each terminal emulator’s source code.

Aha, like that, so each is different.

> > > Earlier, I have pointed you to the only terminal emulator I know that
> > > is trying to actually solve the problem, by inventing a protocol
> > > extension that faithfully represents all keys. Get Emacs playing nice
> > > with that, then push for adoption of that protocol extension in other
> > > terminal emulators, including Linux console.
> >
> > That sounds as good strategy. I have yet to research that. I know that
> > `konsole' works, I have to research your option.
> 
> I was surprised to learn that Konsole chose to translate Super+<key>
> into C-x @ s <key>, exactly what Emacs interprets back as S-<key>.
> 
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96282
> 
> In my opinion, it’s not a good way. Just piling dirty hacks to cover
> the lack of general-purpose key representation.

That is not good way is it does not recognize Super key.



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