From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Daniel B." Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: what mode?: double-quote yields nothing until next keystroke; how to turn off? - SOLVED Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:54:26 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <149023.34103.qm@web53310.mail.re2.yahoo.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1196265307 21316 80.91.229.12 (28 Nov 2007 15:55:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 15:55:07 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Nov 28 16:55:15 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IxPFg-0005Yg-Di for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:55:04 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IxPFR-0008NH-6K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:54:49 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IxPF9-0008Mw-9M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:54:31 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IxPF7-0008Ke-I7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:54:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IxPF7-0008KO-9a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:54:29 -0500 Original-Received: from web53310.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.49.100]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IxPF7-0003NE-9J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:54:29 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 34123 invoked by uid 60001); 28 Nov 2007 15:54:27 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=FrnB8QqZXPetDA1EP5YcdTUIzRIgiCzDSxTHMWu069RPV4/3zuMiKWRsrv4agwdrdyZoVAVppqADnBuNzcGkxOczhjxJGjeAv51/TQv+24iyUdrn3Oy8JFfhtFbKULXXDQnkXYlsY7LWw4oEE9HkDflP3zink6TdCw3/HGFV4ps=; X-YMail-OSG: lkq0OysVM1nCxAzMxMxF_yPSz2hxTAN32zA.MnGs3pR5gCibNQ.VPMn243lVz7VywH3MZEpCAgC5mmmBRyH6NfFA4GhDaphzeyil5TRcvoLF7pC8q6ErSlvzvc5Pk6UvjCO6thdgb2NAYqE- Original-Received: from [12.109.151.100] by web53310.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:54:26 PST In-Reply-To: X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 6.x (1) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:49641 Archived-At: --- Joost Kremers wrote: > Daniel B. wrote: > > (It does not appear to be something in Windows. > When > > one Emacs instance is exhibiting those symptoms, I > can > > > > run another copy of Emacs and that second copy > works > > normally.) > > i suspect it *is* a feature of windows. in (modern > versions of) windows, > keyboard settings are window-dependent. ... > > ...see if a specific > key combo is set for switching keyboard layouts. ... i > suspect you're accidentally typing it. the default > key combo is left > alt+left shift key, ... Yes, is was that. Thanks. (I thought Windows gave some on-screen indication when one switched input modes. Does that only apply to languages/locales and not just keyboard layouts?) Daniel ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs