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28.2; Holding capslock key on colemak layout does not keep erasing

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From: Nikita Romanyuk <kelvium <at> yahoo.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 28.2; Holding capslock key on colemak layout does not keep erasing
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 21:48:15 +0300

Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 21:42:37 +0300
Message-ID: <87edw9deqq.fsf <at> yahoo.com>
--text follows this line--

I'm running GNU/Emacs on Wayland wlroots compositor Sway, via Xwayland
and I'm using colemak keyboard layout which has Caps-lock key bound to
Backspace. I expect holding Caps-lock to behave the same as holding
Backspace. However, it does not. When I hold Backspace it starts erasing
text, until I unhold it. But when I hold Caps-lock key, it erases one
single character and stops. This is incorrect.

Steps to reproduce (assuming you run Xorg environment, as most people
still do):
- Set layout to colemak: setxkbmap -layout 'us' -variant 'colemak'
- Open GNU/Emacs
- Start erasing any text with Caps-lock key (holding it)

I'm not sure if this bug persists on Xorg environment because it's not
my main driver.


In GNU Emacs 28.2 (build 1, x86_64-gentoo-linux-musl, GTK+ Version 3.24.34)
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Message #8 received at 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Nikita Romanyuk <kelvium <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57904: 28.2; Holding capslock key on colemak layout does
 not keep erasing
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 15:19:19 +0800

Nikita Romanyuk <kelvium <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 21:42:37 +0300
> Message-ID: <87edw9deqq.fsf <at> yahoo.com>
> --text follows this line--
>
> I'm running GNU/Emacs on Wayland wlroots compositor Sway, via Xwayland
> and I'm using colemak keyboard layout which has Caps-lock key bound to
> Backspace. I expect holding Caps-lock to behave the same as holding
> Backspace. However, it does not. When I hold Backspace it starts erasing
> text, until I unhold it. But when I hold Caps-lock key, it erases one
> single character and stops. This is incorrect.

Do the extra <backspace> events you expect reach Emacs?  You can check
by running the following code:

  (while t (message "%s %s" (float-time) (read-char)))

and checking to see if the timestamp increases while Caps Lock is held
down.

Message #11 received at 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Nikita Romanyuk <kelvium <at> yahoo.com>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57904: 28.2; Holding capslock key on colemak layout does not
 keep erasing
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 13:12:11 +0300

No, it does not. Running xev shows the same behaviour. Seems like it's 
not an Emacs bug. I'll report it to Xwayland then.

Thanks for your time. Hope I don't do another bug report with this 
reply, first time using mailing lists.

On 9/18/22 10:19, Po Lu wrote:
> Nikita Romanyuk <kelvium <at> yahoo.com> writes:
>
>> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2022 21:42:37 +0300
>> Message-ID: <87edw9deqq.fsf <at> yahoo.com>
>> --text follows this line--
>>
>> I'm running GNU/Emacs on Wayland wlroots compositor Sway, via Xwayland
>> and I'm using colemak keyboard layout which has Caps-lock key bound to
>> Backspace. I expect holding Caps-lock to behave the same as holding
>> Backspace. However, it does not. When I hold Backspace it starts erasing
>> text, until I unhold it. But when I hold Caps-lock key, it erases one
>> single character and stops. This is incorrect.
> Do the extra <backspace> events you expect reach Emacs?  You can check
> by running the following code:
>
>    (while t (message "%s %s" (float-time) (read-char)))
>
> and checking to see if the timestamp increases while Caps Lock is held
> down.

Message #16 received at 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Nikita Romanyuk <kelvium <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57904: 28.2; Holding capslock key on colemak layout does
 not keep erasing
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 12:42:59 +0200

Nikita Romanyuk <kelvium <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> No, it does not. Running xev shows the same behaviour. Seems like it's
> not an Emacs bug. I'll report it to Xwayland then.

Thanks; I'm closing this report in the Emacs bug tracker, then.

> Thanks for your time. Hope I don't do another bug report with this
> reply, first time using mailing lists.

Everything worked fine.  :-)

Message #21 received at 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Nikita Romanyuk <kelvium <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57904: 28.2; Holding capslock key on colemak layout does
 not keep erasing
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 19:07:09 +0800

Nikita Romanyuk <kelvium <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> No, it does not. Running xev shows the same behaviour. Seems like it's
> not an Emacs bug. I'll report it to Xwayland then.

Phew, what a relief!

> Thanks for your time. Hope I don't do another bug report with this
> reply, first time using mailing lists.

No worries there, thanks!

Message #24 received at 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Nikita Romanyuk <kelvium <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#57904: 28.2;
 Holding capslock key on colemak layout does not keep erasing
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 15:36:06 +0300

> Cc: 57904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2022 13:12:11 +0300
> From:  Nikita Romanyuk via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> Hope I don't do another bug report with this reply, first time using
> mailing lists.

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