R – Can Emacs differentiate between ctrl-r and ctrl-shift-r

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I'd like to bind Ctrl + R to 'isearch-backward and bind Ctrl + Shift + R to 'tags-apropos but I can't distinguish between the two key presses.

Can emacs differentiate between Ctrl + R and Ctrl + Shift + R? What should go into my .emacs file to allow this keybinding?

Best Answer

Yes.

(global-set-key (kbd "C-r") 'isearch-backward)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-S-r") 'tags-apropos)

The way to figure out the answer to this kind of question is to do help on a key C-h k, and type the keystrokes you're interested in. What Emacs shows in the Help buffer is the string you can pass to the macro 'kbd.

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