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Tom Oswald <toswald@sharplabs.com> writes:

> When I press Control+H followed by k to get help regarding commands
> associated with keys.  Then subsequently pressing <Shift>F3, emacs only
> presents the command, if any, associated with F3, not <Shift>F3.  It does not
> understand the F3 was pressed while holding down <Shift>.
>
> Is there a xmodmap solution or is it an emacs problem?

Try C-h l (view-lossage) to se if emacs understands Shift-F3.

AFAIK, C-h k ignores Shift if there is no special key-binding for it.

Thomas