GNU bug report logs - #2827
Can't use Caps Lock on Windows

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Reported by: "Michael Hoffman" <fklv2wf02 <at> sneakemail.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:50:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, unreproducible

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Report forwarded to bug-submit-list <at> lists.donarmstrong.com, Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>:
bug#2827; Package emacs. (Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:50:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to "Michael Hoffman" <fklv2wf02 <at> sneakemail.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>. (Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:50:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #5 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: "Michael Hoffman" <fklv2wf02 <at> sneakemail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows
Date: 30 Mar 2009 23:41:28 -0000
--text follows this line--

Please write in English if possible, because the Emacs maintainers
usually do not have translators to read other languages for them.

Your bug report will be posted to the bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org mailing list,
and to the gnu.emacs.bug news group.

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

1. Type the characters "lowercase" followed by return.
2. Press Caps Lock
3. Type the characters "uppercase"

None of the characters will be in uppercase. All other Windows
applications deal with Caps Lock correctly.

w32-enable-caps-lock is t

Similar to the issue described in <http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/ec345c61bc963d8> but no solution was supplied there.

If Emacs crashed, and you have the Emacs process in the gdb debugger,
please include the output from the following gdb commands:
    `bt full' and `xbacktrace'.
If you would like to further debug the crash, please read the file
c:/Program Files/GNU Emacs/etc/DEBUG for instructions.


In GNU Emacs 22.1.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2007-06-02 on RELEASE
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags -Ic:/gnuwin32/include'

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: en_US
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Lisp Interaction

Minor modes in effect:
  encoded-kbd-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  tool-bar-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  unify-8859-on-encoding-mode: t
  utf-translate-cjk-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t

Recent input:
l o w e r c a s e <return> u p p e r c a s e M-x r 
e p o r t - e m a c <return>

Recent messages:
("c:\\Program Files\\GNU Emacs\\bin\\emacs.exe" "--no-init-file" "--no-site-file")
Loading encoded-kb...done
For information about the GNU Project and its goals, type C-h C-p. [2 times]
Loading emacsbug...
Loading regexp-opt...done
Loading emacsbug...done





Information forwarded to bug-submit-list <at> lists.donarmstrong.com, Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>:
bug#2827; Package emacs. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:10:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:10:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #10 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Hoffman <fklv2wf02 <at> sneakemail.com>,
        2827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:05:05 +0800
tags 2827 unreproducible moreinfo
thanks

Michael Hoffman wrote:
> 1. Type the characters "lowercase" followed by return.
> 2. Press Caps Lock
> 3. Type the characters "uppercase"
>
> None of the characters will be in uppercase. All other Windows
> applications deal with Caps Lock correctly.
>   

I'm unable to reproduce this on any version of Emacs I currently have 
installed (21.3, 22.3 or 22.0.92). The earlier report was using 20.7, so 
I would expect to see the bug in at least 21.3 if it was consistently 
reproducible.

Is there any other software running on your system that might affect 
keyboard handling in subtle ways?

> Recent input:
> l o w e r c a s e <return> u p p e r c a s e
>   

In my case, this appears in view-lossage as:

l o w e r c a s e <return> U P P E R C A S E






Information forwarded to bug-submit-list <at> lists.donarmstrong.com, Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>:
bug#2827; Package emacs. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:10:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:10:07 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Tags added: unreproducible, moreinfo Request was from Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:50:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug reassigned from package `emacs' to `emacs,w32'. Request was from Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org> to control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:55:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Information forwarded to bug-submit-list <at> lists.donarmstrong.com, Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>, owner <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com:
bug#2827; Package emacs,w32. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:40:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>, owner <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:40:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #24 received at 2827 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>, 2827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: fklv2wf02 <at> sneakemail.com
Subject: Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:32:15 +0300
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:05:05 +0800
> From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
> 
> Michael Hoffman wrote:
> > 1. Type the characters "lowercase" followed by return.
> > 2. Press Caps Lock
> > 3. Type the characters "uppercase"
> >
> > None of the characters will be in uppercase. All other Windows
> > applications deal with Caps Lock correctly.
> >   
> 
> I'm unable to reproduce this on any version of Emacs I currently have 
> installed (21.3, 22.3 or 22.0.92).

Same here.




Information forwarded to bug-submit-list <at> lists.donarmstrong.com, Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>, owner <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com:
bug#2827; Package emacs,w32. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:00:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>, owner <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:00:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #29 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Hoffman <4g4trz802 <at> sneakemail.com>
Cc: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:52:06 +0300
> From: Michael Hoffman <4g4trz802 <at> sneakemail.com>
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:20:28 -0500
> 
> Jason Rumney wrote:
> 
>  > I'm unable to reproduce this on any version of Emacs I currently have
>  > installed (21.3, 22.3 or 22.0.92). The earlier report was using 20.7,
>  > so I would expect to see the bug in at least 21.3 if it was
>  > consistently reproducible.
>  >
>  > Is there any other software running on your system that might
>  > affect keyboard handling in subtle ways?
> 
> I am using a ThinkPad X60 and whenever I press caps lock a small window
> pops up at the bottom right of the screen to tell me so.

Can you find out what is the application that displays this small window?





Information forwarded to bug-submit-list <at> lists.donarmstrong.com, Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>, owner <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com:
bug#2827; Package emacs,w32. (Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:20:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Acknowledgement sent to Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Emacs Bugs <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>, owner <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:20:03 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #34 received at 2827 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Michael Hoffman <4g4trz802 <at> sneakemail.com>
Cc: 2827 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:10:00 +0800
Michael Hoffman wrote:
> Since the problem now seems to be fixed, it seems you can mark this 
> bug invalid. Sorry about the inconvenience.

I think it is better to leave it open, tagged as moreinfo, until we 
understand the cause, so we can document it in etc/PROBLEMS.






Reply sent to Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>:
You have taken responsibility. (Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:55:05 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Notification sent to "Michael Hoffman" <fklv2wf02 <at> sneakemail.com>:
bug acknowledged by developer. (Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:55:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #39 received at 2827-done <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: 2827-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: Michael Hoffman <4g4trz802 <at> sneakemail.com>, black <quiteblack <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:47:22 +0800
Jason Rumney wrote:
> Michael Hoffman wrote:
>> Since the problem now seems to be fixed, it seems you can mark this 
>> bug invalid. Sorry about the inconvenience.
>
> I think it is better to leave it open, tagged as moreinfo, until we 
> understand the cause, so we can document it in etc/PROBLEMS.

Thanks to the observation of Black Qin on the help-gnu-emacs list that 
this is triggered by scroll lock being on, I have tracked this down to 
an inapproptiate default value of w32-scroll-lock-modifier. Putting the 
following in your init file should fix the problem if you cannot update 
immediately:

(setq w32-scroll-lock-modifier nil)




bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com. (Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:24:22 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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