# HG changeset patch # User Jason Rumney # Date 1194612988 0 # Node ID 82b4fa075a7a463404f36c205a53596680bf7f51 # Parent 56690feabab92399ddea484c0fb65c1c15b62256 Add w32 keyboard changes. diff -r 56690feabab9 -r 82b4fa075a7a etc/NEWS --- a/etc/NEWS Fri Nov 09 12:20:55 2007 +0000 +++ b/etc/NEWS Fri Nov 09 12:56:28 2007 +0000 @@ -319,6 +319,18 @@ supported on other platforms, but not on Windows due to using the winsock 1.1 header file, even though Emacs was linking to the winsock 2 library. +** More keys available on MS-Windows. +Keys normally associated with IMEs, and some exotic keys not normally found +on standard keyboards have been given names so they can be bound to functions +inside Emacs. If there are keys on your keyboard that have not been exposed +to Emacs in the past, try C-h k to see if they are available now. + +Emacs can now bind functions to the extra buttons for media player and +browser control present on some keyboards. These buttons are disabled +by default, since enabling them prevents their system-wide use when +Emacs has focus. To enable them, set the variable +w32-pass-multimedia-buttons to nil. See the doc string of that variable +for the list of extra keys that are available. * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 23.1