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@@ -402,28 +402,17 @@ THINGS TO DO
402 402
403** The single-keyboard mode of MULTI_KBOARD is extremely confusing 403** The single-keyboard mode of MULTI_KBOARD is extremely confusing
404 sometimes; Emacs does not respond to stimuli from other keyboards. 404 sometimes; Emacs does not respond to stimuli from other keyboards.
405 At least a beep or a message would be important, if the single-mode 405 (Reported by Dan Nicolaescu.)
406 is still required to prevent interference. (Reported by Dan
407 Nicolaescu.)
408 406
409 Update: selecting a region with the mouse enables single_kboard 407 Update: selecting a region with the mouse enables single_kboard
410 under X. This is very confusing. 408 under X. This is very confusing.
411 409
412 Update: After discussions with Richard Stallman, this will be 410 Update: After discussions with Richard Stallman, this will be
413 resolved by having locked displays warn the user to wait, and 411 resolved introducing a complex protocol to remotely bail out of
414 introducing a complex protocol to remotely bail out of
415 single-kboard mode by pressing C-g. 412 single-kboard mode by pressing C-g.
416 413
417 Update: Warning the user is not trivial to implement, as Emacs has 414 Update (from spwhitton): We have instead added the new
418 only one echo area, shared by all frames. Ideally the warning 415 'multiple-terminals-merge-keyboards' user option (bug#79892).
419 should not be displayed on the display that is locking the others.
420 Perhaps the high probability of user confusion caused by
421 single_kboard mode deserves a special case in the display code.
422 Alternatively, it might be good enough to signal single_kboard mode
423 by changing the modelines or some other frame-local display element
424 on the locked out displays.
425
426 Update: In fact struct kboard does have an echo_string slot.
427 416
428** The session management module is prone to crashes when the X 417** The session management module is prone to crashes when the X
429 connection is closed and then later I try to connect to a new X 418 connection is closed and then later I try to connect to a new X
@@ -518,6 +507,8 @@ THINGS TO DO
518** flow-ctrl.el must be updated. 507** flow-ctrl.el must be updated.
519 508
520** Fix stuff_char for multi-tty. Doesn't seem to be of high priority. 509** Fix stuff_char for multi-tty. Doesn't seem to be of high priority.
510 For security reasons stuff_char does not work by default on many
511 platforms, which makes such a fix even lower priority.
521 512
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