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bug#14794: [External] : Re: bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' d
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#14794: [External] : Re: bug#14794: 24.3.50; `w32-register-hot-key' does not work on Windows 7 64-bit |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:13:00 +0000 |
> > > Unless someone knows a way around this (I searched for it, but didn't
> > > find any solutions, only complaints), I guess this will remain a
> > > "known bug".
> >
> > Skimming this bug report, there doesn't seem to be anything to be done
> > on the Emacs side -- or at least there wasn't eight years ago.
> >
> > Is this still the case today?
>
> I think we have a solution for this since Emacs 26.1. From NEWS.26:
>
> ** Intercepting hotkeys on Windows 7 and later now works better.
> The new keyboard hooking code properly grabs system hotkeys such as
> 'Win-*' and 'Alt-TAB', in a way that Emacs can get at them before the
> system. This makes the 'w32-register-hot-key' functionality work
> again on all versions of MS-Windows starting with Windows 7. On
> Windows NT and later you can now register any hotkey combination. (On
> Windows 9X, the previous limitations, spelled out in the Emacs manual,
> still apply.)
Excellent. This is good news. I didn't notice that
in the E26 NEWS. Thank you.