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bug#22566: 24.5; Make shift key translation a customizable feature
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
bug#22566: 24.5; Make shift key translation a customizable feature |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Feb 2016 07:31:32 -0500 |
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> The other problem is that I've lately been adding support for shifted
function
> keys to my Linux console keymap. Emacs' shift translation has made my
> debugging harder, because when I use the describe-key-briefly command to
check
> if emacs got a shifted function key right, it just reports something like
> this: "<C-right> runs the command right-word" even though I pressed
> <C-S-Right>. But when I open an org-file in org-mode and try the same key
> combination, emacs now says: "<C-S-right> runs the command
> org-shiftcontrolright".
You could give C-S-Right a definition (same as that of C-Right)
and that would turn off the translation.
Describe-key-briefly should at least report that it
is
> doing some translation. It already does this reporting for non-function
keys.
I agree.
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Dr Richard Stallman
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