From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: inserting quotes (") and slashes (/) ? Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 08:23:58 +0200 (IST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <20021214215819181-0600@news.earthlink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1039933503 6941 80.91.224.249 (15 Dec 2002 06:25:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 06:25:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18NSCx-0001nK-00 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 07:24:59 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18NSCQ-0004R6-02 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 01:24:26 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18NSCD-0004Qf-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 01:24:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18NSCA-0004L1-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 01:24:12 -0500 Original-Received: from is.elta.co.il ([199.203.121.2]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18NSC8-0004Hg-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 01:24:09 -0500 Original-Received: from is (is [199.203.121.2]) by is.elta.co.il (8.9.3/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA22811 for ; Sun, 15 Dec 2002 08:23:59 +0200 (IST) X-Sender: eliz@is Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <20021214215819181-0600@news.earthlink.net> X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4671 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4671 On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Josh DuBois wrote: > I've used emacs for years and this seems like a newbie question, but > I can't figure it out or find it in an FAQ: inserting quote characters, > and also the forward-slash, in emacs, seems to trigger a 'compose > character' behavior or something. When I hit '/' I get, at the bottom > of my screen: > > /[ /234=AEO\aceo] > > ..if I type one of the characters above then some weird control > sequence is inserted, otherwise I get the slash character I want. Same > thing happens for the " character. > > It seems to only happen in LaTeX mode, and then only sometimes. Sounds like on your system LaTeX mode somehow turns on a Latin-1 input method. Input methods are meant to allow one to type non-ASCII characters that aren't directly supported by the keyboard. They work by combining several ASCII keys into a single non-ASCII character (that's the ``weird control sequence'' you see. You can turn off the input method by typing "C-\". Alternatively, typing a SPACE after / or typing "C-q /" will produce a literal /.