Meta-Key on Windows.
Terry Reedy <[email protected]>
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Copying from email On 6/12/2014 6:22 PM, Tal Einat wrote:> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 12:46 AM, Terry Reedy <[email protected]> wrote: >> Q1. Do any of you know what 'Meta' is supposed to refer to on Windows? >> On my systems, it does not correspond to the Windows key, the (useless?) >> Page-with-Pointer key to the left of right Cntl, Escape, or the three >> PrtScrn/SyqReq, ScreenLock, or Pause/Break keys. Are these entries of use to >> anyone? > > I don't know if Meta can be generated by a keyboard on Windows, and > have no use for those other modifier keys you mentioned. Some other > people might, however, so we shouldn't disallow using them without > good reason. If a Meta-Key-x event can be generated Windows, the means should be documented. If not, the Meta-Key-x bindings should be delelted from the Windows definitions. For Key-X, I would also allow all key names that Tk recognizes; they should also be listed in the Basic Key Binding entry box. (The set/list used to populate the box might as well be the same one used to validate 'advanced' entries.) I do not see of the keys above listed now. I don't know if it is Tk or earlier Idle devs that limited the list to keys found on all pretty much all modern systems. -- Terry Jan Reedy