Re: [h-e-w] 23.0.60; Unreleased Meta/Win modifier

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Sergio Pokrovskij wrote:
>> This is a bug report for the PATCHED Emacs+EmacsW32.
>> Please test the unpatched version of Emacs+EmacsW32 before reporting
>> if you can. If the bug is also in the unpatched version then
>> report from the unpatched version else report here.
> 
> I do not have unpatched version at hand.
> 
>> Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
>> and the precise symptoms of the bug:
> 
> The problem concerns using the WIN key as the META key.  I have this
> in my default.el:
> 
> (setq w32-alt-is-meta nil               ; Alt be diffrent from Meta
>       w32-pass-lwindow-to-system nil    ; do not pass ...
>       w32-lwindow-modifier 'meta        ; lwindow acts as Meta
>       w32-apps-modifier nil)            ; can now bind [apps]
> 
> It works for the first chord; but if I try a second M-chord without
> releasing the WIN key in between, the META is ignored.

Instead of entering this in your .emacs could you please try the
functions that comes with EmacsW32 for setting up this? The best way is
through the customization routines. Start from the menus

  Options - Customize EmacsW32