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26.3; Can't use shortcuts that combine shift and meta keys

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From: Daniel Salfrán <danielsalfran <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 26.3; Can't use shortcuts that combine shift and meta keys
Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 16:25:29 +0100

One of the "shift" or "meta" keys is being dropped when used in a
shortcut combination that includes both

For example the following lines are defined in my emacs config:

    (global-set-key (kbd "M-S->") 'end-of-buffer)
    (global-set-key (kbd "M-S-<right>") 'mark-word-right)

and according to the "describe-key" command they are, respectively,
interpreted as:

    1. M-.
    2. <right> (translated from <S-right>)

My keyboard's configuration is standard US English


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Message #8 received at 38948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Salfrán <danielsalfran <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 38948 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38948: 26.3;
 Can't use shortcuts that combine shift and meta keys
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 20:24:10 +0200

> From: Daniel Salfrán <danielsalfran <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 16:25:29 +0100
> 
> One of the "shift" or "meta" keys is being dropped when used in a
> shortcut combination that includes both
> 
> For example the following lines are defined in my emacs config:
> 
>     (global-set-key (kbd "M-S->") 'end-of-buffer)
>     (global-set-key (kbd "M-S-<right>") 'mark-word-right)
> 
> and according to the "describe-key" command they are, respectively,
> interpreted as:
> 
>     1. M-.
>     2. <right> (translated from <S-right>)

Is that a GUI session or a text-mode (a.k.a. "TTY") session?

Message #13 received at 38948-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Daniel Salfrán <danielsalfran <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 38948-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#38948: 26.3;
 Can't use shortcuts that combine shift and meta keys
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:31:06 +0200

> From: Daniel Salfrán <danielsalfran <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2020 18:15:23 +0100
> 
> I fixed my error. It wasn't related to emacs after all. There was a
> weird "toggle" behavior set when pressing alt and shift together. I
> found the solution here:
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/506620/alt-shift-not-work
> 
> Regardless, thanks for looking into this

Thanks, I'm therefore closing the bug.

> On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 10:47 PM Daniel Salfrán <danielsalfran <at> gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > It is a GUI session running on GNOME in Arch Linux
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 7:24 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Daniel Salfrán <danielsalfran <at> gmail.com>
> > > > Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2020 16:25:29 +0100
> > > >
> > > > One of the "shift" or "meta" keys is being dropped when used in a
> > > > shortcut combination that includes both
> > > >
> > > > For example the following lines are defined in my emacs config:
> > > >
> > > >     (global-set-key (kbd "M-S->") 'end-of-buffer)
> > > >     (global-set-key (kbd "M-S-<right>") 'mark-word-right)
> > > >
> > > > and according to the "describe-key" command they are, respectively,
> > > > interpreted as:
> > > >
> > > >     1. M-.
> > > >     2. <right> (translated from <S-right>)
> > >
> > > Is that a GUI session or a text-mode (a.k.a. "TTY") session?
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> 
> 
> 
> --
> 

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