From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (=?iso-8859-1?q?Kai_Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Undoc accented characters Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 17:17:22 +0200 Organization: University of Duisburg, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <84ekzfrqf1.fsf@slowfox.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1061482956 18350 80.91.224.253 (21 Aug 2003 16:22:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 16:22:36 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 21 18:22:34 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19psCo-0002ur-00 for ; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 18:22:34 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19ps19-0005vL-KH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 21 Aug 2003 12:10:31 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!p508775bb.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: p508775bb.dip.t-dialin.net (80.135.117.187) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1061479042 5025841 80.135.117.187 (16 [73968]) Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hX7A0JpYnc6XUaV8PjTydzESG/k= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:116043 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 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 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11952 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11952 Paul Kinnucan writes: > Occasionally, I accidentally enter some combination of keystrokes (I > think with my left hand) that causes Emacs to change the meaning of > the keys on my keyboard such that typing a key produces a nonstandard > result, for example, an a with an accent aigu or grave or an o with an > umlaut. What keystrokes trigger this behavior and how can I reenable > the normal behavior? What OS? Hm. C-x 8 allows you to enter ' a to get á and so on. C-\ toggles the input method, which might produce all kinds of interesting effects. The input method is shown in the modeline, on the left. -- Two cafe au lait please, but without milk.