Implicit KEY_LEFTSHIFT key event undoes KEY_LEFTALT

[Torsten Bronger]

I need the key combinations Alt+< and Alt+> for the shell and for Emacs. With my new keyboard, which accesses > and < thourgh a Fn ("function") key, the combination Alt+< works, whereas Alt+> does not work. The output of evtest is:

Event: time 1426697967.687802, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 700e2
Event: time 1426697967.687802, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 56 (KEY_LEFTALT), value 1
Event: time 1426697967.687802, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1426697967.735803, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 700e1
Event: time 1426697967.735803, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT), value 1
Event: time 1426697967.735803, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 700e2
Event: time 1426697967.735803, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 56 (KEY_LEFTALT), value 0
Event: time 1426697967.735803, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 70064
Event: time 1426697967.735803, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 86 (KEY_102ND), value 1
Event: time 1426697967.735803, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------
Event: time 1426697967.799797, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 700e1
Event: time 1426697967.799797, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 42 (KEY_LEFTSHIFT), value 0
Event: time 1426697967.799797, type 4 (EV_MSC), code 4 (MSC_SCAN), value 70064
Event: time 1426697967.799797, type 1 (EV_KEY), code 86 (KEY_102ND), value 0
Event: time 1426697967.799797, -------------- SYN_REPORT ------------

Thus, KEY_LEFTALT is disabled immediately after the KEY_LEFTSHIFT event, which is implicitly generated because ">" doesn't need the shift key on this keyboard, just the Fn key. In other words, the "... KEY_LEFTALT), value 0" is generated too early.

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