After % kbd_mode -u % echo -e '\033%8' % loadkeys control shift keycode 59 = U+266a control shift keycode 60 = U+266C % I typed this file and called it by the two-symbol name ctrl-shift-F1 ctrl-shift-F2. In order to tell `ls' not to be afraid, give it the `-N' flag. Give `less' the `-r' flag.