From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com Message-Id: <199607291504.AA127262693@relay1.geis.com> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 96 22:12:00 UTC 0000 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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. :(