Re: Adding xterm-extras to Emacs

[Andreas Schwab]

Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes:

>>> However, it S-left and left is the same in 'C-h k', how can I bind them
>>> to different commands?
>> They are different, you can bind them just fine. I don't remember the
>> explanation why is C-h k showing them like that.
>
> C-h k shows the "raw data" as well as the "final event".  It doesn't show
> all the intermediate steps.  In this case one of the steps is to turn the
> escape sequence into S-left, and another step turns `S-left' into `left'
> (because Emacs always tried to unshift a key to find a binding in case
> where the shifted version has no binding).

That last step (unshifing) is omitted if you try to bind the key
interactively.

Andreas.

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