bug#38948: closed (26.3; Can't use shortcuts that combine shift and meta keys)

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> 26.3; Can't use shortcuts that combine shift and meta keys
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> Sun, 5 Jan 2020 16:25:29 +0100
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> One of the "shift" or "meta" keys is being dropped when used in a
> shortcut combination that includes both
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> For example the following lines are defined in my emacs config:
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>     (global-set-key (kbd "M-S->") 'end-of-buffer)
>     (global-set-key (kbd "M-S-<right>") 'mark-word-right)
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> and according to the "describe-key" command they are, respectively,
> interpreted as:
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>     1. M-.
>     2. <right> (translated from <S-right>)
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> My keyboard's configuration is standard US English
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> In GNU Emacs 26.3 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.10)
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> Re: bug#38948: 26.3; Can't use shortcuts that combine shift and meta keys
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> Date: 
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> Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:31:06 +0200
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> > From: Daniel Salfrán <address@hidden>
> > 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.
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> > On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 10:47 PM Daniel Salfrán <address@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > It is a GUI session running on GNOME in Arch Linux
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 7:24 PM Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > From: Daniel Salfrán <address@hidden>
> > > > > 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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