GNU bug report logs - #23247
25.0.92: Documentation bug about Control modified key bindings

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 21:56:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 25.0.92

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi <at> gmail.com>
To: "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 25.0.92: Documentation bug about Control modified key bindings
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2016 21:54:56 +0000

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This discussion recently came up on emacs.stackexchange..
http://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/21524/115

The emacs manual (C-h i g (emacs) Modifier Keys) says the below:

"A <Control>-modified alphabetical character is always considered
case-insensitive: Emacs always treats ‘C-A’ as ‘C-a’, ‘C-B’ as ‘C-b’,
and so forth. The reason for this is historical."

But I am able to bind something like

(global-set-key (kbd "C-S-n") #'previous-line)

and have C-n and "C-N" call different commands.

Does that piece of information about Control-modified alphabetical
characters need correction or clarification?

Thanks.

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