This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs package: #500: GTK Emacs stops reacting to keyboard events after cancelling menu by hitting Escape It has been closed by Chong Yidong . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Chong Yidong by replying to this email. -- 500: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=500 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems