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@@ -149,14 +149,14 @@ user presses, for example, :kbd:`ctrl+shift+a` the escape code would be ``CSI
97;modifiers u``. It *must not* be ``CSI 65; modifiers u``.
If *alternate key reporting* is requested by the program running in the
terminal, the terminal can send two additional Unicode codepoints, the
*shifted key* and *base layout key*, separated by colons.
The shifted key is simply the upper-case version of ``unicode-codepoint``, or
more technically, the shifted version. So `a` becomes `A` and so on, based on
the current keyboard layout. This is needed to be able to match against a
shortcut such as :kbd:`ctrl+plus` which depending on the type of keyboard could
be either :kbd:`ctrl+shift+equal` or :kbd:`ctrl+plus`. Note that the shifted
key must be present only if shift is also present in the modifiers.
terminal, the terminal can send two additional Unicode codepoints, the *shifted
key* and *base layout key*, separated by colons. The shifted key is simply the
upper-case version of ``unicode-codepoint``, or more technically, the shifted
version, in the currently active keyboard layout. So `a` becomes `A` and so on,
based on the current keyboard layout. This is needed to be able to match
against a shortcut such as :kbd:`ctrl+plus` which depending on the type of
keyboard could be either :kbd:`ctrl+shift+equal` or :kbd:`ctrl+plus`. Note that
the shifted key must be present only if shift is also present in the modifiers.
The *base layout key* is the key corresponding to the physical key in the
standard PC-101 key layout. So for example, if the user is using a Cyrillic