GNU bug report logs - #6392
24.0.50; Switching to emacs window reports "<Scroll_Lock> is undefined"

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Message #22 received at 6392 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Tim Van Holder <tim.vanholder <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 6392 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#6392: Scroll Lock state was on
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 02:14:55 +0100

Tim Van Holder <tim.vanholder <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On 18 June 2010 10:20, Tim Van Holder <tim.vanholder <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> With this morning's bzr trunk this seems to have gone away; pressing
>> the key with Emacs still has the message, but that's perfectly normal.
>> The message is no longer issued when switching to/from Emacs, nor when
>> starting Emacs with scroll lock enabled.
>
> Looks like I was premature. I just switched to emacs from Vista (a
> 3270 terminal emulator; probably the reason Scroll Lock is on to begin
> with) and it hit the error again.
> Given that when I tested it this morning (explicitly
> enabling/disabling Scroll Lock via the keyboard) things were working,
> it may be specifically related to Scroll Lock being enabled
> programmatically. It may also be specific to my use case (i.e. using
> Cygwin's X server via SSH tunnelling).
> I'll try to do some tests next Monday.

That was 10 years ago.  Are you still seeing this on a modern version
of Emacs?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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