Re: with-pgtk: C-; turns into plain ';'

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:49:56 +0800
> 
> > I've now lost keys such as C-;, C-, etc under X -- they just produce
> > the key minus the modifier bit, So c-; just generates ";". Bug or
> > intentional?
> 
> People running X should not use the PGTK port.  The only use it has is
> to support Wayland and Broadway.
> 
> And it's not intentional.  Rather, it's a bug in the various GTK input
> modules out there that isn't likely to ever be fixed.  Just treat it as
> a limitation of the PGTK port and don't use it unless you have to.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > Removing --with-pgtk from the config options and rebuilding got back
> > C-; and friends.
> 
> Indeed, which is one of the reasons why people who don't have a specific
> reason to use the PGTK port (such as Wayland) should not use it.

Should this be in NEWS (and perhaps also in PROBLEMS)?