Re: Current mode command discovery

[Jean Louis]

* Alfred M. Szmidt <ams@gnu.org> [2021-02-20 23:18]:
>    > Should be noted that M-S-x is tricky to get working on console
> 
>    M-X works on any terminal.
> 
> M-S-x does not work in _any_ terminal, there are plenty of dumb ass
> terminals in embedded systems (sometimes custom, sometimes BSD,
> sometimes GNU, sometimes some other Unix) that are capable of running
> Emacs just fine where it does not work and it is a pain to setup.
> 
> That is what _my_ experience is, I am happy for you and others that it
> works for you, but lets stop pretending that everyone runs the exact
> same thing, and everything works the exact same way for everyone.

To add user report to it, on Hyperbola GNU/Linux-libre OS:

I have tried M-S-x on Emacs GUI, and it is not detected by C-h k in
the Emacs version from 2021-02-20.

in XTerm, the shift is not detected, M-S-x is detected as M-x

in console (tty) it is not detected, M-S-x is detected as M-x