Package: emacs;
Reported by: Rick <rbielaws <at> gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 21:17:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 30.1
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From: Rick <rbielaws <at> gmail.com> To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org Subject: 30.1; which-key-mode overwrites custom key bindings Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 16:16:23 -0500
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|--text follows this line-- ||The problem can't be reproduced with -Q however with -q one only needs 2 lines in .emacs to recreate. Also, be forewarned that the problem DOES NOT happen if you specify --debug-init. This is the only command line option I tried and it hampered predictable recreation efforts. .emacs content = (global-set-key [f3] 'describe-key) (custom-set-variables '(which-key-mode t)) ||Upon startup, quickly type C-h k F3. It shows F3 is bound to describe-key| as expected and the key works normally as do any others you have set. Try it as much as you like. Now comes the||insidious part. If you type the 'k' a little bit too slowly F3 is overwritten by|kmacro-start-macro-or-insert-counter. Specifically, type C-h and wait before typing k. Then F3. Other situations and chords have a similar effect but the common thread is that no key combination in particular ever causes the problem reliably. It seems to only happen if you use a prefix (C-u) or take too long typing the 2nd key in a combination but I don't really know. Possibly useful observations: I noticed 2 other clobbered keys while troubleshooting F3 but assumed they were related and didn't look at them further. I did, however notice they require different circumstances from those above to be reset because both mouse-1 and M-i were ||reset to defaults independently of F3. That is, I observed an instance where M-i was reset but F3 was not. I also saw F3 reset when mouse-2 was not.| |Another useful point is that once a key has been reverted to defaults, if you re-assert your preference it will never revert again. I suspect --debug-init invokes whatever initially causes the keys to be overwritten and site-start is then in the position otherwise occupied by someone re-asserting their preferences. If true, it explains how keys can 'stick' after a ||--debug-init start. If other things have a similar effect, something many users do may limit the number of people experiencing the problem. |||||Or, maybe it's something specific to this build since I've never had a Ubuntu machine before, my config has never seen a non-Windows build till now. |In GNU Emacs 30.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.41, cairo version 1.18.0) of 2025-05-11 built on lcy02-amd64-059 Repository revision: 9328fd1ab06a1a1f85077fd1caadf9128c90f6c1 Repository branch: master System Description: Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS Configured using: 'configure --prefix=/snap/emacs/current/usr --with-x-toolkit=gtk3 --without-xaw3d --with-modules --with-cairo --with-native-compilation=aot --with-pgtk --with-xinput2 --with-tree-sitter 'CFLAGS=-isystem /build/emacs/parts/emacs/install/usr/include -isystem /build/emacs/parts/emacs/install/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu -isystem /build/emacs/stage/usr/include -O2' 'CPPFLAGS=-isystem /build/emacs/parts/emacs/install/usr/include -isystem /build/emacs/parts/emacs/install/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu -isystem /build/emacs/stage/usr/include' 'LDFLAGS=-L/build/emacs/parts/emacs/install/lib -L/build/emacs/parts/emacs/install/usr/lib -L/build/emacs/parts/emacs/install/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/build/emacs/parts/emacs/install/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/build/emacs/stage/usr/lib'' Configured features: ACL CAIRO DBUS FREETYPE GIF GLIB GMP GNUTLS GPM GSETTINGS HARFBUZZ JPEG LCMS2 LIBOTF LIBSELINUX LIBSYSTEMD LIBXML2 MODULES NATIVE_COMP NOTIFY INOTIFY PDUMPER PGTK PNG RSVG SECCOMP SOUND SQLITE3 THREADS TIFF TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS TREE_SITTER WEBP XIM GTK3 ZLIB Important settings: value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix Major mode: Fundamental Minor modes in effect: tooltip-mode: t global-eldoc-mode: t show-paren-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 blink-cursor-mode: t minibuffer-regexp-mode: t buffer-read-only: t line-number-mode: t indent-tabs-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t Load-path shadows: None found. 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