From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C-x keystroke changed at runtime
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:47:43 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8360pqhblc.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACE4N+X+9-aEFi2M9JWLpd82ZA8O3aemYruJ7BKP3CPuvMYOwQ@mail.gmail.com> (message from Michele Bert on Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:42:42 +0200)
> From: Michele Bert <micbert75@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:42:42 +0200
>
> After more than 1 week that it has been running (continuosly: I use to
> leave it always open, even during the night, opening and closing
> buffers, creating new frames, even with aid of emacsclient), suddenly
> (few minutes ago) the C-x keystroke has changed behavior: whenever
> there is an active region, it kills the selected text (just like C-w),
> while if there isn't any region, it acts as a prefix for the usual
> keystrokes (I can visit a file with C-x, C-f, or save it with C-x,
> C-s, or change buffer with C-x, b, for example). But with an active
> region it kills it instantly.
>
> I am going to restart the program, but before doing it, I would be
> very curious to understand what is happening, so if anyone has a
> suggestion about some tests or checks I can do, I would appreciate.
Crystal ball says you've turned on CUA mode. What do you see in the
mode line, where minor modes are shown? What does "C-h m" tell you
about the active modes?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-09-20 14:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-09-20 8:42 C-x keystroke changed at runtime Michele Bert
2016-09-20 14:22 ` Yuri Khan
2016-09-20 14:57 ` Michele Bert
2016-09-20 14:23 ` Drew Adams
2016-09-20 14:47 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2016-09-20 14:59 ` Michele Bert
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