1 files changed, 22 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/src/termhooks.h b/src/termhooks.h
index 05340f074b5..a410038f5f6 100644
--- a/src/termhooks.h
+++ b/src/termhooks.h
@@ -294,20 +294,30 @@ enum {
   up_modifier   =   1,          /* Only used on mouse buttons - always
                                    turned into a click or a drag modifier
                                    before lisp code sees the event.  */
-  down_modifier = 128,          /* Only used on mouse buttons.  */
-  drag_modifier = 256,          /* This is never used in the event
+  down_modifier =   2,          /* Only used on mouse buttons.  */
+  drag_modifier =   4,          /* This is never used in the event
                                    queue; it's only used internally by
                                    the window-system-independent code.  */
-  click_modifier= 512,          /* See drag_modifier.  */
-
-  /* The next four modifier bits are used also
-     in keyboard events at the Lisp level.  */
-  alt_modifier  =  0x040000,    /* Under X, the XK_Alt_[LR] keysyms.  */
-  super_modifier=  0x080000,    /* Under X, the XK_Super_[LR] keysyms.  */
-  hyper_modifier=  0x100000,    /* Under X, the XK_Hyper_[LR] keysyms.  */
-  shift_modifier=  0x200000,
-  ctrl_modifier =  0x400000,
-  meta_modifier =  0x800000,    /* Under X, the XK_Meta_[LR] keysyms.  */
+  click_modifier=   8,          /* See drag_modifier.  */
+
+  /* The next four modifier bits are used also in keyboard events at
+     the Lisp level.
+
+     It's probably not the greatest idea to use the 2^23 bit for any
+     modifier.  It may or may not be the sign bit, depending on
+     VALBITS, so using it to represent a modifier key means that
+     characters thus modified have different integer equivalents
+     depending on the architecture they're running on.  Oh, and
+     applying XINT to a character whose 2^23 bit is set sign-extends
+     it, so you get a bunch of bits in the mask you didn't want.
+
+     The CHAR_ macros are defined in lisp.h.  */
+  alt_modifier  =  CHAR_ALT,    /* Under X, the XK_Alt_[LR] keysyms.  */
+  super_modifier=  CHAR_SUPER,  /* Under X, the XK_Super_[LR] keysyms.  */
+  hyper_modifier=  CHAR_HYPER,  /* Under X, the XK_Hyper_[LR] keysyms.  */
+  shift_modifier=  CHAR_SHIFT,
+  ctrl_modifier =  CHAR_CTL,
+  meta_modifier =  CHAR_META,   /* Under X, the XK_Meta_[LR] keysyms.  */
 };
 
 #endif