From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:23:33 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#28543 <28543@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#28543 <28543@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 25.2; erratic keyboard mapping Reply-To: bug#28543 <28543@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:23:33 +0000 retitle 28543 25.2; erratic keyboard mapping reassign 28543 emacs submitter 28543 "Tandon, Neil (EC)" severity 28543 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Thu Sep 21 13:21:30 2017 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Sep 2017 17:21:30 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51832 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dv5AH-0003Ao-FE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:21:30 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39550) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dv4Qa-0001yD-Gz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:34:17 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dv4QT-0003c1-MX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:34:11 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,HTML_MESSAGE, T_DKIM_INVALID,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:47663) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dv4QT-0003bt-It for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:34:09 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58746) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dv4QR-0001Bz-EZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:34:09 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dv4QM-0003ZZ-TY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:34:07 -0400 Received: from mx2.canada.ca ([205.193.214.105]:62906) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dv4QM-0003Yh-J7 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:34:02 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=canada.ca; i=@canada.ca; q=dns/txt; s=mx2; t=1506011642; x=1537547642; h=from:to:subject:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=2QUYHl+Uytk4DvLk3YPBwXlssxSbTFaiiiRDjsOIFRI=; b=MekuIcmKXlAJIkrsoH1teNhKc0ZuXrB4O/XLcAOs9Ye99Qhtd2pGIyUz efn5IrYufdkAZw3OkMh7sqJuNN+YdX4O7LXcWEjmoMqo9OgppY7N7hhOi M8DBjXd2nyET0doe7NM9Rnk8HPbkrkBDcQaEOVITXrqb2/Tdm5cenZ1Zs Ru3pAVPb8x2NgRn7yP2ydgIMtMnaOFqmJep+B/ej6TYoM2evaqykGEDU7 vOZfM5xIrhVsZzJMWGnT+ckGWzw1W9bF0+ThpXhkFrniJ+r67jptKVZ2P dTZLjLMAFGqdKlLUeGa7pcfeBkK+AtVyrZ1vEz10pe7Og7U36XzUA38HW A==; X-Time-IN: 21 Sep 2017 16:33:58 -0000 From: "Tandon, Neil (EC)" To: "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" Subject: 25.2; erratic keyboard mapping Thread-Topic: 25.2; erratic keyboard mapping Thread-Index: AdMy90k6X/3vaMxAST2ZIskoXz0xkw== Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:33:57 +0000 Message-ID: Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US x-ms-exchange-transport-fromentityheader: Hosted Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_d803d81b3b924087bde62fd4e687eb86PEVDACDEXC019birchintbe_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.1 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 13:21:29 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.1 (----) --_000_d803d81b3b924087bde62fd4e687eb86PEVDACDEXC019birchintbe_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When I start emacs, my keyboard mapping is fine. But after some time, the k= eyboard mapping spontaneously changes. For example: -instead of backslash, < appears -when I type left curly brace, right curly brace or apostrophe, nothing app= ears -when I type left curly brace twice, ^^ appears -when I type right curly brace twice, `` appears Switching out of Latex mode has no effect. No other windows applications ar= e affected. For example, my keyboard mapping in Notepad works fine. When I = restart emacs, the keyboard mapping returns to normal. I have not been able to pinpoint a precise sequence of events or amount of = time leading up to the change of keyboard mapping. Neil In GNU Emacs 25.2.1 (x86_64-w64-mingw32) of 2017-04-24 built on LAPHROAIG Windowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601 Configured using: 'configure --without-dbus --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=3D-O2 -static -g3'' Configured features: XPM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG SOUND NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS Important settings: value of $LANG: ENU locale-coding-system: cp1252 Major mode: LaTeX Minor modes in effect: shell-dirtrack-mode: t tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t electric-indent-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent messages: Auto-saving...done Mark set Saving file m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex... Wrote m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex Auto-saving...done Quit [2 times] Saving file m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex... Wrote m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex Saving file m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex... Wrote m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex Load-path shadows: None found. Features: (shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug message dired format-spec rfc822 mml mml-sec password-cache epg epg-config gnus-util mm-decode mm-bodies mm-encode mail-parse rfc2231 mailabbrev gmm-utils mailheader sendmail rfc2047 rfc2045 ietf-drums mm-util help-fns help-mode easymenu cl-loaddefs pcase cl-lib mail-prsvr mail-utils misearch multi-isearch tex-mode compile shell pcomplete comint ansi-color ring latexenc time-date mule-util tooltip eldoc electric uniquify ediff-hook vc-hooks lisp-float-type mwheel dos-w32 ls-lisp disp-table w32-win w32-vars term/common-win tool-bar dnd fontset image regexp-opt fringe tabulated-list newcomment elisp-mode lisp-mode prog-mode register page menu-bar rfn-eshadow timer select scroll-bar mouse jit-lock font-lock syntax facemenu font-core frame cl-generic cham georgian utf-8-lang misc-lang vietnamese tibetan thai tai-viet lao korean japanese eucjp-ms cp51932 hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian cyrillic chinese charscript case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help simple abbrev minibuffer cl-preloaded nadvice loaddefs button faces cus-face macroexp files text-properties overlay sha1 md5 base64 format env code-pages mule custom widget hashtable-print-readable backquote w32notify w32 multi-tty make-network-process emacs) Memory information: ((conses 16 112318 5317) (symbols 56 20559 0) (miscs 48 123 158) (strings 32 19936 2973) (string-bytes 1 553502) (vectors 16 13111) (vector-slots 8 437405 5388) (floats 8 169 890) (intervals 56 4001 3) (buffers 976 23)) --_000_d803d81b3b924087bde62fd4e687eb86PEVDACDEXC019birchintbe_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

W= hen I start emacs, my keyboard mapping is fine. But after some time, the ke= yboard mapping spontaneously changes. For example:

-= instead of backslash, < appears

-= when I type left curly brace, right curly brace or apostrophe, nothing appe= ars

-= when I type left curly brace twice, ^^ appears

-= when I type right curly brace twice, `` appears

S= witching out of Latex mode has no effect. No other windows applications are= affected. For example, my keyboard mapping in Notepad works fine. When I r= estart emacs, the keyboard mapping returns to normal.

I= have not been able to pinpoint a precise sequence of events or amount of t= ime leading up to the change of keyboard mapping.

N= eil

<= o:p> 

I= n GNU Emacs 25.2.1 (x86_64-w64-mingw32)

o= f 2017-04-24 built on LAPHROAIG

W= indowing system distributor 'Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7601<= /span>

C= onfigured using:

'= configure --without-dbus --without-compress-install 'CFLAGS=3D-O2

-= static -g3''

<= o:p> 

C= onfigured features:

X= PM JPEG TIFF GIF PNG RSVG SOUND NOTIFY ACL GNUTLS LIBXML2 ZLIB

T= OOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS

<= o:p> 

I= mportant settings:

&= nbsp; value of $LANG: ENU

&= nbsp; locale-coding-system: cp1252

<= o:p> 

M= ajor mode: LaTeX

<= o:p> 

M= inor modes in effect:

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  tooltip-mode: t

  global-eldoc-mode: t

  electric-indent-mode: t

  mouse-wheel-mode: t

  tool-bar-mode: t

  menu-bar-mode: t

  file-name-shadow-mode: t

  global-font-lock-mode: t

  font-lock-mode: t

  blink-cursor-mode: t

  auto-composition-mode: t

  auto-encryption-mode: t

  auto-compression-mode: t

  line-number-mode: t

  transient-mark-mode: t

 

Recent messages:

A= uto-saving...done

M= ark set

S= aving file m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex...

W= rote m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex

A= uto-saving...done

Q= uit [2 times]

S= aving file m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex...

W= rote m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex

S= aving file m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex...

W= rote m:/My Documents/dynex-tex/supplementary3.tex

<= o:p> 

L= oad-path shadows:

N= one found.

<= o:p> 

F= eatures:

(= shadow sort mail-extr emacsbug message dired format-spec rfc822 mml

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c= p51932 hebrew greek romanian slovak czech european ethiopic indian

c= yrillic chinese charscript case-table epa-hook jka-cmpr-hook help

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--_000_d803d81b3b924087bde62fd4e687eb86PEVDACDEXC019birchintbe_-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sat May 02 21:34:51 2020 Received: (at 28543) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 May 2020 01:34:51 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54370 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jV3Wg-0003HV-9B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 May 2020 21:34:51 -0400 Received: from ted.gofardesign.uk ([67.225.143.91]:41878) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jV3Wf-0003HG-5r for 28543@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 02 May 2020 21:34:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=marxist.se; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References: In-Reply-To:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=+89Q7Lkndo4W1A/uz1J8qdju4YUeSugJraoJHp+8r7c=; b=iCvQXbNQXpqIdqYwUPgXje6Wj+ HT6Y7JdlV00FQezBcTenjIGJvpE0J/DbuEcx7ELaKwAWMcu7jZqy1IfsmU+vHSRS0qvUqI2o70W7e s3HOycf4fEP2cfGrL1aJ+jTaBkU7qgwdt6QRIiCwS5fBGHf7uAOmgoNKr0c7qEEbGtIs9XYEaonRv p1ejSBhpPBnpo42Awc9obcqln3/ESqws+KfRw6rTlg8mEJ6VWYcUVLfG6rwPEL0pHVldbOL+R/011 uMMEBKbisfWIjrgXKbX82GbMl3k2j382rCvcHt58rQsOlfEhk1p25uwTNprOsVYLtcMW61jbjL6ja /kYI/0ZQ==; Received: from h-4-70-69.a785.priv.bahnhof.se ([155.4.70.69]:34128 helo=localhost) by ted.gofardesign.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jV3WY-001GeM-NU; Sat, 02 May 2020 21:34:31 -0400 From: Stefan Kangas To: "Tandon, Neil (EC)" Subject: Re: bug#28543: 25.2; erratic keyboard mapping In-Reply-To: (Neil Tandon's message of "Thu, 21 Sep 2017 16:33:57 +0000") References: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Date: Sun, 03 May 2020 03:34:29 +0200 Message-ID: <87368h3ioq.fsf@stefankangas.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ted.gofardesign.uk X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - debbugs.gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - marxist.se X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: ted.gofardesign.uk: authenticated_id: stefan@marxist.se X-Authenticated-Sender: ted.gofardesign.uk: stefan@marxist.se X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 28543 Cc: 28543@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) "Tandon, Neil (EC)" writes: > When I start emacs, my keyboard mapping is fine. But after some time, the keyboard mapping spontaneously changes. For example: > > -instead of backslash, < appears > > -when I type left curly brace, right curly brace or apostrophe, nothing appears > > -when I type left curly brace twice, ^^ appears > > -when I type right curly brace twice, `` appears > > Switching out of Latex mode has no effect. No other windows applications are affected. For example, my keyboard mapping in Notepad works fine. When I restart emacs, the keyboard mapping returns to normal. > > I have not been able to pinpoint a precise sequence of events or amount of time leading up to the change of keyboard mapping. Are you still seeing this? Can you reproduce the issue while running emacs -Q? Thanks in advance. Best regards, Stefan Kangas From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun May 03 18:26:49 2020 Received: (at 28543-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 May 2020 22:26:49 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58323 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jVN4S-0003rH-Ql for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2020 18:26:49 -0400 Received: from ted.gofardesign.uk ([67.225.143.91]:57834) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jVN4Q-0003qy-8X for 28543-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2020 18:26:46 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=marxist.se; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Date:References: In-Reply-To:Subject:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=IWoryF5ooiBpvbWm0SgtDTXi1cVC0WGkTec7j3q/fHQ=; b=IG9xkyz73WKXZ4Hgi3muC69eIU 7DYVTjxCnzN2C3Y12tM5e6dxndJPa16xq4J0DuuLV3AipylX3ZRl1Gz3tCKsZFTi4Ka7hOWBwfcNg th49RGY/v/L4FVmINHSomIVX5dzvVKheXytwvMDIk1PgoXt6RLiC8GFcSCx2cS8oZ3XnZUiRwEdMr /0ST5XCl8vm7h2Zg4iW+w1QXrpXWt+yfJ/Uz047lb34tdIxMp+rnWborFwNQVyYvhBockfnFi5IYb WHADQ8x8QQgNru3aDYu4NldSXsXZSLcIqwOC/iKXfJcIOGbdUyIbTiagRVJ+ZFaPPStI8gqPbg7+2 VHI6VsNQ==; Received: from h-4-70-69.a785.priv.bahnhof.se ([155.4.70.69]:44704 helo=localhost) by ted.gofardesign.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jVN4K-0018c0-5A for 28543-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 May 2020 18:26:40 -0400 From: Stefan Kangas To: 28543-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#28543: 25.2; erratic keyboard mapping In-Reply-To: <87368h3ioq.fsf@stefankangas.se> (Stefan Kangas's message of "Sun, 03 May 2020 03:34:29 +0200") References: <87368h3ioq.fsf@stefankangas.se> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Date: Mon, 04 May 2020 00:26:38 +0200 Message-ID: <87a72o1wpt.fsf@stefankangas.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ted.gofardesign.uk X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - debbugs.gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - marxist.se X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: ted.gofardesign.uk: authenticated_id: stefan@marxist.se X-Authenticated-Sender: ted.gofardesign.uk: stefan@marxist.se X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 28543-done X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Stefan Kangas writes: > Are you still seeing this? Can you reproduce the issue while running > emacs -Q? The email bounced, so I think it'll be hard to make any progress here. I'm closing this bug report. Best regards, Stefan Kangas From unknown Fri Jun 20 07:23:33 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:24:06 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator