From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Crisanti Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Holding Ctrl + f/b/p/n/etc. randomly prints the character Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:51:32 -0500 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1193815328 1698 80.91.229.12 (31 Oct 2007 07:22:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:22:08 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 31 08:22:10 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1In7tx-0001Na-Uk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:22:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1In7to-00013E-5y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:22:00 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!nx01.iad01.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.28.186.77.MISMATCH!hwmnpeer03.lga!hwmnpeer01.lga!news.highwinds-media.com!hw-filter.lga!newsfe05.lga.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 11 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: feigfdbphohhlbjmepklkbahkjbdfekc Original-X-Trace: dbkajaeeceiapgbclbdnpiohcfhaihogmmmegecjapilngpafeigfdbphohhlbjmgclpmjgpglhponkljmocbicehileglegpfjdblecakdhibfidlamjdlemlhbblkogmigicagmhckjgnm Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:51:48 MST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:153442 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 03:21:46 -0400 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:48933 Whenever I hold down ctrl and f, for example, the caret will move forward how one would expect, but after moving 15 or so spaces it inserts an 'f' or two, then continues moving the caret forward while continuously adding 'f's at random intervals until I let go. This also happens with ctrl + b,n,p,v, and others, I'm sure. This is not only annoying, but also dangerous to my code, as sometimes I don't even notice when a character gets inserted until I try to compile. I'm assuming this is a common problem, since this happens to me both in gentoo and ubuntu, but I couldn't seem to come up with the correct search string in google to find the answer. I would really appreciate any help.