On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 11:06:59AM +0100, Enrico Scholz wrote:
>Hello,
>
>the recent XFree86 CVS version adds XF86_Switch_VT_* keyboard-bindings
>to Shift-F*:
>
>| $ xmodmap -pke
>| ...
>| keycode  67 = F1 XF86_Switch_VT_1

XKB maps XF86_Switch_VT_1 to <Ctrl> <Alt> F1, not <Shift> F1, although
xmodmap can't show this distinction.

>This breaks e.g. XEmacs which fails to interpret Shift-F* now:
>
>| $ xemacs
>| ...
>| C-h k Sh-f1
>| f1 is undefined
>
>When executing "xmodmap -e 'keycode 67 = F1'" or running a
>previous XFree86, the message would be 'Sh-f1 is undefined'.

I don't know how xemacs is handling this.  I'm cc'ing this to the devel
list in case someone here has any suggestions.

>I am using the a Red Hat Rawhide XFree86 version, labeled
>XFree86-4.2.99.902-20030218.0, and reported it to
>
>https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=84907
>
>as well.
>
>
>
>Enrico
>
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