From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kaushal Modi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: shift+left/right arrow cannot be bound in Emacs Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:35:53 +0000 Message-ID: References: <87fv2huii8.fsf@mat.ucm.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1442261205 5407 80.91.229.3 (14 Sep 2015 20:06:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 20:06:45 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 14 22:06:44 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Zba1Q-0002TX-VW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 22:06:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43288 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zba1Q-0006AY-93 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 16:06:40 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58313) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZbVnb-0001HT-VH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:36:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZbVnX-00076s-Ba for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:36:07 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ob0-x22b.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22b]:33881) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZbVnX-00076l-6e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:36:03 -0400 Original-Received: by obbda8 with SMTP id da8so111338186obb.1 for ; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 08:36:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=sapyy28Swn8EtJk0eWGq3EE/bcJ59LSzvJWjHQad6EE=; b=VNBKfqpVZtOAH1bxpKqu43CSxfGqNVVKyl86o6cJZ5yXuIaqMZyLOb9BX05PW3UZ8H kwVA1Dpo37p1x/XtXWyEzQQm41ll5s7e3zYfPT6gdhI8qVuhnDRoq5hqPz1XlxK05vcA fzMUuhtU0fN0+Rv4WNt85P61rN+9ANv//jh5trhdPKed1+AFFPP3L1+bHbB4CoxQc0mt qLZIBZf7mIS6prkpC24TK7w5i8Yw3d0pGpLkC3TdaBxmKD/POsrpB8JXK3v7xwRiWHK0 ofTJdEpTbFeOFIhX7y5ET0NFYfUYsNjr1XgIYqU7mhpBA880nyGDJ9PjXyxE/H8EhpB/ AIiA== X-Received: by 10.60.144.134 with SMTP id sm6mr12955012oeb.56.1442244962558; Mon, 14 Sep 2015 08:36:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87fv2huii8.fsf@mat.ucm.es> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4003:c01::22b X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 16:06:30 -0400 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:107206 Archived-At: They can be bound if they can be detected. IIRC S-arrows (shift+arrows) don't work in --no-window mode. Are you running emacs in GUI mode or -nw (aka terminal) mode? If you are running in GUI mode, try "C-h c" followed by pressing Shift+left. You should one of the below in the echo area: - is undefined - runs the command If it is undefined, and if you are running emacs in GUI mode, you can bind using (global-set-key (kbd "") #'YOUR-COMMAND) On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 11:29 AM Uwe Brauer wrote: > > Hello > > > Using Kubuntu 10.04 on Linux, I am faced with the following problem: > > I can bind in Emacs: > > The left/right arrow keys, like > > control+left, or left (alt/hyper/super)+left > but *not* shift+left. > > Somebody has an idea what is the reason for this behaviour? > > thanks > > Uwe Brauer > > >