bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows

bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows

[Michael Hoffman]

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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.

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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")
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bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows

[Jason Rumney]

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

Processed: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows

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Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows

[Michael Hoffman]

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.

Emacs displays the desired behavior when I run Windows in Safe Mode, and
whatever is displaying the caps lock notification window is off.

Still, Emacs is the only program that seems to have trouble with this.
--
Michael

bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:05:05 +0800
> From: Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
> 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.

bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows

[Eli Zaretskii]

> 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?

Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows

[Michael Hoffman]

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> 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?

While trying to figure this problem out (which I have experienced for 
months), I seem to have fixed it. Don't know exactly what I did, but the 
most likely suspect is this:

1. Start ThinkPad Keyboard Customizer Utility
2. Options...
3. Check Disable Keyboard Customizer
4. OK
5. Close
6. Start ThinkPad Keyboard Customizer Utility
7. Options...
8. Uncheck Disable Keyboard Customizer
9. OK
10. Close

I am asking what is causing the pop-up for future reference here:

http://forums.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=74951

Since the problem now seems to be fixed, it seems you can mark this bug 
invalid. Sorry about the inconvenience.

bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows

[Jason Rumney]

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.

bug#2827: marked as done (Can't use Caps Lock on Windows)

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From: "Michael Hoffman" <fklv2wf02@sneakemail.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows
Date: 30 Mar 2009 23:41:28 -0000
Message-ID: <11796-99480@sneakemail.com>

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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@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")
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From: Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
To: 2827-done@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Cc: Michael Hoffman <4g4trz802@sneakemail.com>, black <quiteblack@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#2827: Can't use Caps Lock on Windows
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:47:22 +0800
Message-ID: <4AE9AAFA.1090505@gnu.org>

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)