bug#37769: global-set-key wrongly downcases the typed key (e.g. S-tab).

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> writes:

> As a consequence, it is impossible to use M-x global-set-key to bind
> S-tab on a tty where local-function-key-map converts S-tab to [33554441]
> = 2^25 + 9.

[...]

> This fix should also be safe, since it is only in the interactive spec
> part of the function, and thus can only affect interactive use.
>
> Any objections to me installing this fix on the master branch?

Hm...  but you can't use S-tab on a tty, surely?  So we're offering to
interactively bind a key that can't be used (after this change)?  Or am
I misunderstanding something?

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