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; * etc/PROBLEMS: Workaround for Windows key "stuck" (bug#68914).

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@ -476,6 +476,29 @@ You are probably using a shell that doesn't support job control, even
though the system itself is capable of it. Either use a different shell,
or set the variable 'cannot-suspend' to a non-nil value.
*** Emacs running on WSL receives stray characters as input.
For example, you could see Emacs inserting 'z' characters even though
nothing is typed on the keyboard, and even if you unplug the keyboard.
The reason is a bug in the WSL X server's handling of key-press and
key-repeat events. A workaround is to use the Cygwin or native
MS-Windows build of Emacs instead.
*** On MS-Windows, the Windows key gets "stuck".
When this problem happens, Windows behaves as if the Windows key were
permanently pressed down. This could be a side effect of Emacs on
MS-Windows hooking keyboard input on a low level, in order to support
registering the Windows keys as hot keys. If that hook takes too much
time for some reason, Windows can decide to remove the hook, which
then has this effect.
This is arguably a bug in Emacs, for which we don't yet have a
solution. To work around, set the 'LowLevelHooksTimeout' value in the
registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop" to a number
higher than 200 msec; the maximum allowed value is 1000 msec (create
the value if it doesn't exist under that key).
** Mailers and other helper programs
*** movemail compiled with POP support can't connect to the POP server.
@ -545,15 +568,6 @@ As a workaround, input the passphrase with a GUI-capable pinentry
program like 'pinentry-gnome' or 'pinentry-qt5'. Alternatively, you
can use the 'pinentry' package from Emacs 25.
*** Emacs running on WSL receives stray characters as input.
For example, you could see Emacs inserting 'z' characters even though
nothing is typed on the keyboard, and even if you unplug the keyboard.
The reason is a bug in the WSL X server's handling of key-press and
key-repeat events. A workaround is to use the Cygwin or native
MS-Windows build of Emacs instead.
** Problems with hostname resolution
*** Emacs does not know your host's fully-qualified domain name.