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

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Description

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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Start with the linked KeyEvent documentation at the world-keyevent section and review its lowercase-letter examples. Clarify what event or events are produced for shift+a, including whether the result uses lowercase or uppercase, and add an example that makes the behavior explicit.

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