From unknown Fri Aug 15 15:28:16 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#2827 <2827@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#2827 <2827@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows Reply-To: bug#2827 <2827@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:28:16 +0000 retitle 2827 Can't use Caps Lock on Windows reassign 2827 emacs,w32 submitter 2827 "Michael Hoffman" severity 2827 normal tag 2827 moreinfo unreproducible thanks From fklv2wf02@sneakemail.com Mon Mar 30 16:41:45 2009 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 30 Mar 2009 23:41:45 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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Your bug report will be posted to the bug-gnu-emacs@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 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. 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X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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 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 U P P E R C A S E From jasonrumney@gmail.com Tue Mar 31 02:47:45 2009 Received: (at control) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 31 Mar 2009 09:47:45 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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([118.101.232.78]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d1sm292049tid.34.2009.03.31.02.47.37 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:47:39 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Jason Rumney Message-ID: <49D1E69D.7080404@gnu.org> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:47:09 +0800 From: Jason Rumney User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Emacs bug Tracking System Subject: Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows References: <11796-99480@sneakemail.com> <49D1C0A1.7010102@gnu.org> In-Reply-To: <49D1C0A1.7010102@gnu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit reassign 2827 emacs,w32 From eliz@gnu.org Tue Mar 31 11:34:25 2009 Received: (at 2827) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 31 Mar 2009 18:34:25 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=4.0 tests=HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from mtaout1.012.net.il (mtaout1.012.net.il [84.95.2.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n2VIYLm4000384 for <2827@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:34:23 -0700 Received: from conversion-daemon.i-mtaout1.012.net.il by i-mtaout1.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KHD00J00VHT0I00@i-mtaout1.012.net.il> for 2827@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:34:14 +0300 (IDT) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.3.64]) by i-mtaout1.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KHD00DPMVL1LA20@i-mtaout1.012.net.il>; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:34:14 +0300 (IDT) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:32:15 +0300 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows In-reply-to: <49D1C0A1.7010102@gnu.org> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: Jason Rumney , 2827@debbugs.gnu.org Cc: fklv2wf02@sneakemail.com Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: References: <11796-99480@sneakemail.com> <49D1C0A1.7010102@gnu.org> > Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:05:05 +0800 > From: Jason Rumney > Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@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. From eliz@gnu.org Tue Mar 31 11:54:20 2009 Received: (at submit) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 31 Mar 2009 18:54:20 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=4.0 tests=HAS_BUG_NUMBER, IMPRONONCABLE_2 autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [199.232.76.165]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n2VIsDGu005280 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:54:14 -0700 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Loj6C-00047G-QI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:54:12 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Loj6B-000474-Uk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:54:12 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=53071 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Loj6B-000471-Ql for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:54:11 -0400 Received: from mtaout2.012.net.il ([84.95.2.4]:62770) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Loj6B-0005QJ-6I for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:54:11 -0400 Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout2.012.net.il by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KHD00900WCL0400@i_mtaout2.012.net.il> for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:54:09 +0300 (IDT) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.3.64]) by i_mtaout2.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KHD00GH0WI5WN40@i_mtaout2.012.net.il>; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:54:06 +0300 (IDT) Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:52:06 +0300 From: Eli Zaretskii Subject: Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il To: Michael Hoffman <4g4trz802@sneakemail.com> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii Message-id: References: <11796-99480@sneakemail.com> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 > From: Michael Hoffman <4g4trz802@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? From jasonr@gnu.org Wed Apr 1 22:11:45 2009 Received: (at 2827) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 2 Apr 2009 05:11:45 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=4.0 tests=HAS_BUG_NUMBER,XIRONPORT autolearn=ham version=3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 Received: from mk-outboundfilter-3.mail.uk.tiscali.com (mk-outboundfilter-3.mail.uk.tiscali.com [212.74.114.23]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n325BfYv007826 for <2827@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Wed, 1 Apr 2009 22:11:42 -0700 X-Trace: 234335494/mk-outboundfilter-1.mail.uk.tiscali.com/F2S/$F2S-INTERNET-ACCEPTED/None/61.4.103.130/None/jasonr@gnu.org X-SBRS: None X-RemoteIP: 61.4.103.130 X-IP-MAIL-FROM: jasonr@gnu.org X-MUA: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) X-IP-BHB: Once X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: An4CAHfm00k9BGeC/2dsb2JhbAAIzm6DfQY X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.39,311,1235952000"; d="scan'208";a="234335494" X-IP-Direction: OUT Received: from unknown (HELO [10.1.1.112]) ([61.4.103.130]) by smtp.f2s.tiscali.co.uk with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 02 Apr 2009 06:10:31 +0100 Message-ID: <49D448A8.7010808@gnu.org> Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:10:00 +0800 From: Jason Rumney User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Michael Hoffman <4g4trz802@sneakemail.com> CC: 2827@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows References: <11796-99480@sneakemail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. From jasonrumney@gmail.com Thu Oct 29 07:47:39 2009 Received: (at 2827-done) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 29 Oct 2009 14:47:39 +0000 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5-bugs.debian.org_2005_01_02 (2008-06-10) on rzlab.ucr.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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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) From unknown Fri Aug 15 15:28:16 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. 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