From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luc Teirlinck Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: read-key-sequence(-vector) on Shift left/right gives[left]/[right], not [S-left]/[S-right] Date: 08 Sep 2004 22:02:43 -0500 Organization: Auburn University Usenet Server Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1094700308 25698 80.91.224.253 (9 Sep 2004 03:25:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 03:25:08 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 09 05:25:02 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C5FYU-0006J9-00 for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2004 05:25:02 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C5Fdn-00082g-DF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 08 Sep 2004 23:30:31 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!feed1.news.rcn.net!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!news-out.cwix.com!newsfeed.cwix.com!aunews.duc.auburn.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: raven.dms.auburn.edu Original-X-Trace: aunews.duc.auburn.edu 1094698979 12149 131.204.53.29 (9 Sep 2004 03:02:59 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@auburn.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 03:02:59 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:125179 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:20532 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:20532 Charles Davis wrote: I cannot seem to get Emacs to recognize either the control or shift modifiers for any of the arrow or 6-pack keys. Only the meta-key modifier seems to be recognized. Is there some variable I need to set to make the use of control and shift modifiers of these keys possible? I responded about the Control modifiers earlier. Shift modifiers of these keys are likewise simply ignored unless you are directly communicating with a window system. Also, unless you are directly communicating with a window system, Shift-TAB is the same as TAB, C-A is the same as C-a and so on. Again, the only solution I know of is to only use such bindings for window manager bindings and other bindings that only make sense when directly communicating with a window system. Again, maybe other people know better solutions. Sincerely, Luc.