From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: upro Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: one key is beeping - don't know why... Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:00:50 +0200 Organization: Slackers Home Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87smodipvh.fsf@lux99.home> References: <874r0xiass.fsf@gmx.net> <3F2EBFC9.9080902@yahoo.com> <873cggla1s.fsf@gmx.net> <3F310A11.6050707@yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1060262557 7224 80.91.224.253 (7 Aug 2003 13:22:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:22:37 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 07 15:23:00 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 19kkjL-0008SA-00 for ; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 15:22:59 +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 19kkOD-0004YR-Mb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 07 Aug 2003 09:01:09 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!cross5.lu-visp.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: cross5.lu-visp.net (194.235.194.133) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1060261146 29472969 194.235.194.133 (16 [172438]) Os: Slackware 9.0.0/2.4.21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.1001 (Gnus v5.10.1) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8oDVDWEhhcHQgmFVXBz78KbQ318= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:115719 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:11638 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11638 Kevin Rodgers writes: > upro wrote: > > > Kevin Rodgers writes: > >>upro wrote: > >> > >>>Whenever I hit the AltGr key within emacs it beeps. AltGr does not > >>>beep in other programs, and it did not beep prior to upgrading to > >>>Slackware 9.0 (from 8.1). I have no clue what happened... > >>> > >>1. What does it do? Try typing `C-h k AltGr' and note the message in > >> the echo area (or the *Help* buffer, if the key is actually bound); > > > > THe key apparently is not nbound. The minibuffer says: is > > undefined. > > > >> then type `C-h l' and note the contents of the *Help* buffer. > > > > Lossage also says . I had already tried that. > > I think that indicates that your keyboard is sending keysym 3, which is > not being recognized by XKeysymToString (or your configuration did not > #define HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM); see modify_event_symbol() in src/keyboard.c. > > >>2. What do you want it to do? > > > > I need t to type parentheses like []{}, or the tilde etc. (I have a > > German keyboard layout). > > > > The beeping bothers enourmously, since it implies an error. The > > character is actually produced, but it beeps... > > > > Do you have any idea how to stop that? > > I don't know whether your keyboard is sending the correct keysym, or that > it needs to be configured differently. If it is sending the correct keysym, > perhaps Emacs needs to be configured for its coding system. You'll need someone > familiar with your platform and these issues to help you figure that out. Solved! Apparently I had compiled without leim, abd emacs was trying to use some language environment that was nonexistsnt. Strange, thuogh, that everything else worked... thanks for your help! -- Michael r-znvy: zvpunry.wryqra jro.qr (chg gur "@" jurer vg svgf...) ab fcnz cyrnfr