From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
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Date: Sun, 28 Jul 96 22:12:00 UTC 0000
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Subject: Shift-keys under Emacs

This isn't specifically a DJGPP question, but I'm curious to know
something.

I've been fiddling with Emacs to get the configuration the way I like
it (thanks to Eli Zaretskii for sending me his _emacs :), but I've run
into a little snag.  What I want to do is set up the Shift-movement
keys to do marking of regions, the way that most DOS editors
do it.  I've been examining the lisp functions, and I think I can
figure out how to write the requisite functions to "drag" the point,
but I don't think that Emacs recognizes the Shift key as a valid
modifier like Ctrl and Alt.  For example, when I asked it to identify
the keystroke 'Shift-up arrow', it gave me the help pertaining to
'up-arrow' alone.

Essentially, can Emacs recognize the Shift-key in combination
with other control keys, or would this require a rewrite of Emacs'
keyboard handling code?

Thanks!

John

P.S.:  If this is better asked on a newsgroup that's emacs specific,
I'd appreciate any pointers thereto.  However, my news connection
is really bad, so unless there's a convenient mailing list I may just
have to stick to here for my questions. :(