Re: Bikeshedding go! Why is <M-f4> unbound?

[Lennart Borgman]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 2:40 AM, Drew Adams <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >
>> > Doesn't sound like a good idea.  Lisp code should be able
>> > to check whether a given key is bound and do something if
>> > not (e.g. condition-case check for unbound error).
>>
>> A good point. However the possibility to check whether a key is
>> unbound in Emacs will not be affected.
>
> Really?  Good, in that case.  I was under the impression that simply hitting 
> the
> key would mean that Windows grabs it.

Yes, of course. What else should it do?


> Admittedly, it is not everyday that code wants to handle an unbound key when 
> it
> is pressed.  Of course, that's exactly the case of the proposal...  What we
> would be doing in effect is reserving that possibility for Window/Gnome/KDE to
> handle Alt-f4, hardcoding it instead of letting anyone code it for any 
> purpose.
> But I do recognize that this is not a big use case.

No one has suggested that Alt+F4 should be hardcoded to be sent to w32.