S-M-* differs from M-S-*

[bruce robertson <brucer@veriwave.com>]

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In GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i586-suse-linux, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2003-10-02 on D45
configured using `configure '--with-gcc' '--with-pop' '--with-system-malloc' '--prefix=/usr' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--with-x' '--with-xpm' '--with-jpeg' '--with-tiff' '--with-gif' '--with-png' '--with-x-toolkit=lucid' '--x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include' '--x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib' 'i586-suse-linux' 'CC=gcc' 'CFLAGS=-O2 -march=i586 -mcpu=i686 -fmessage-length=0 -pipe 	 -DSYSTEM_PURESIZE_EXTRA=25000 	 -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=10000 	 -D_GNU_SOURCE ' 'LDFLAGS=-s' 'build_alias=i586-suse-linux' 'host_alias=i586-suse-linux' 'target_alias=i586-suse-linux''
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US
  locale-coding-system: iso-latin-1
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:
windowed emacs: typing S-M-* has diff' effect than M-S-*
emacs -nw works okay

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M-S-* produces:
M-* runs the command pop-tag-mark
   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `etags'.
(pop-tag-mark)

Pop back to where M-. was last invoked.

This is distinct from invoking M-. with a negative argument
since that pops a stack of markers at which tags were found, not from
where they were found.
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S-M-* produces:
* runs the command self-insert-command
(self-insert-command N)
   which is an interactive built-in function.

Insert the character you type.
Whichever character you type to run this command is inserted.
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Recent input:
o l <return> C-x 1 C-l M-x m a n <return> k e y g e 
n <return> k e y g e n <return> M-v <escape> > x k 
e <tab> <return> M-x b u g <tab> <backspace> <backspace> 
<backspace> <tab> C-g C-h a b u g <return> C-x 0 C-n 
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n 
C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n M-x g n 
u s <backspace> C-g C-n C-n C-n C-n M-x r e p <tab> 
o <tab> r t - e <tab> <return>

Recent messages:
keygen man page made up
error in process sentinel: Man-goto-page: Can't find the keygen manpage
error in process sentinel: Can't find the keygen manpage
Mark set
Completing command name...
Completed
call-interactively: Quit
Type C-x 1 to remove help window.  C-M-v to scroll the help.
call-interactively: Quit
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