racket/htdp

Documentation on KeyEvent is unclear on what shift+a produces.

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#10 opened on Sep 13, 2015

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The documentation on KeyEvents do not make clear what happens when shift+a is pressed.

The key pressed is an a but is the key events produced a "shift" and an #\a, or an #\A, or an "shift" and #\A.

http://docs.racket-lang.org/teachpack/2htdpuniverse.html?q=big-bang#%28tech._world._keyevent%29

The examples in the doc lists lower case letters only.

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Review the documentation for KeyEvent and determine the exact behavior of shift+a by inspecting the source code or testing with big bang. Update the documentation to include examples for shifted key combinations.
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