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: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Antoine Levitt <antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 11011 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11011: Binding S-TAB
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 12:06:44 -0700

found 11011 28.0.50
tags 11011 + confirmed
thanks

Antoine Levitt <antoine.levitt <at> gmail.com> writes:

>>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.

I can reproduce this on current master:

0. emacs -Q
1. (global-set-key (kbd "S-TAB") (lambda () (message "FOO")))
2. S-TAB

And see the following error: "<backtab> is undefined"

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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