From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ian Zimmerman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Alt-x not working Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:17:44 -0700 Message-ID: <20150723171419.19995.0CE20F7F@ahiker.mooo.com> References: Reply-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1437671888 22167 80.91.229.3 (23 Jul 2015 17:18:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 17:18:08 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 23 19:18:08 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIK8D-0004M1-HD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:18:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42275 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIK8B-0000DS-Tk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:18:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35664) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIK83-0000D9-7V for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:17:56 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIK81-0001qT-9A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:17:55 -0400 Original-Received: from disorder-1-pt.tunnel.tserv3.fmt2.ipv6.he.net ([2001:470:1f04:51a::2]:40955 helo=acedia.primate.net) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIK81-0001mP-0k for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 13:17:53 -0400 Original-Received: from acedia.primate.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by acedia.primate.net (8.14.9/8.14.9/Debian-2) with ESMTP id t6NHHiZD001798 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:17:44 -0700 Original-Received: (from itz@localhost) by acedia.primate.net (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t6NHHieG001793 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:17:44 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: acedia.primate.net: itz set sender to itz@buug.org using -f Original-Received: from itz by ahiker.mooo.com with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIK7s-0005DJ-1B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:17:44 -0700 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:470:1f04:51a::2 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:105936 Archived-At: On 2015-07-23 09:31 -0700, Steve Graham wrote: > Yesterday it worked just fine, as in Alt-x run-scheme. > > Today Alt-x doesn't do a thing, not even a comment in the window at the bottom. > > Other Alt- combinations show a reaction from the system. These symptoms imply very clearly that something else captures the event before Emacs can see it. Most likely your window manager or "integrated desktop" ie Gnome, KDE and so on. The other possibility is a broken keyboard :-) -- Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages. Rule 420: All persons more than eight miles high to leave the court.