Re: [PATCH] input: allow distinguishing shifted from unshifted Meta keystrokes

[Brand Huntsman]

On Mon,  9 Dec 2019 20:01:21 +0100
Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> wrote:

> When the new option 'splitmeta' is set, nano will differentiate
> between Meta+letter and Shift+Meta+letter.  In other words, typing
> Alt+a will do something else than typing Alt+A, and binding M-a will
> be different from binding M-A.

I don't agree with adding an option that requires changing all existing meta 
binds to lowercase before adding shifted binds. The patch I've been using for a 
while adds an S modifier to bind shifted keys, M-S-A is shifted M-A.

Both patches have a couple issues which is why I never released my patch. 
Capslock works fine in a linux VT but all binds are flipped in urxvt and xterm. 
Vim has the same issue so not a big deal. The other problem is that functions 
in implants can "see" the shift key in a linux VT. This is already a problem 
with shifted meta punctuation such as M-$.

bind M-$ "XXX{verbatim END key}" main

The XXX is not highlighted, but everything to end of line is. This doesn't 
happen when binding the "end" function to M-$.

refactor-key-bind-parsing-and-support-meta-shift-keys.patch
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