> I'd love to have an extra modifier key that I can use together with > the full range of "normal" keys to bind new commands. > > Maybe this is not possible at all, maybe those keys are, > hardware-wise, special? > I'm no expert but
I don't believe the <apps> key is any different than function keys, the arrow keys etc. <C-apps>, <S-M-apps> etc can all be mapped. It's a convenient prefix key which is why I use it for C-x & C-c. I'm pretty sure applications aren't normally notified when modifier-keys are pressed. They are only informed of the state of the modifier-flags-word when a non-modifier key is pressed. IOW when you press 'h' Emacs gets a message with one word showing the state of the modifier-flags and another showing the key that was pressed. This way the OS/keyboard-driver can implement handicap features like anti-bounce, sticky keys, virtual keyboards etc without applications needing to know they exist. Making <apps> a modifier would require fiddling with the driver. Try looking here for a loophole you can take advantage of if you're energetic about a way to do it. Otherwise you've got 8 unused prefix keys available thru it.... http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/input/default.mspx _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs