changeset 85985:82b4fa075a7a

Add w32 keyboard changes.
author Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
date Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:56:28 +0000
parents 56690feabab9
children 54f4d44dfa0b
files etc/NEWS
diffstat 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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