GNU bug report logs - #11011
kbd and TAB with modifiers (eg S-TAB)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Antoine Levitt <antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:44:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, notabug

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2012-03/msg00037.html

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From: Antoine Levitt <antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com>
To: David De La Harpe Golden <david <at> harpegolden.net>
Cc: 11011 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#11011: Binding S-TAB
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:58:26 +0100

14/03/12 09:53, David De La Harpe Golden
> On 14/03/12 07:12, Antoine Levitt wrote:
>>  From a posting on emacs-devel:
>>
>> Antoine Levitt<antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Alright, I thought (kbd "S-TAB") would do the right thing, but
>>> apparently not. I'm thoroughly confused by emacs keybinding system.
>>
>> Chong Yidong<cyd <at> gnu.org>:
>>
>>> I think this is a bug in kbd.  It doesn't seem to handle TAB with
>>> modifiers right.  Please file a bug.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> works for me (tm). what platform are we talking about?

I'm using Ubuntu 11.10, with gnome/metacity. (on a french keyboard)

Typing S-TAB gives:
<backtab> (translated from <S-iso-lefttab>) is undefined
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