From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kj Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: caps lock confusion Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:56:47 +0000 (UTC) Organization: none Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237613527 556 80.91.229.12 (21 Mar 2009 05:32:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:32:07 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Mar 21 06:33:24 2009 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 1Lktpi-0005eT-VG for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:33:24 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33129 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LktoM-0005ow-CW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:31:58 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit4.readnews.com!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1237561007 10417 166.84.1.3 (20 Mar 2009 14:56:47 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:56:47 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Confirm: yes User-Agent: nn/6.7.3 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:167844 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:31:37 -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:63150 Archived-At: I have had this problem occur to me about half a dozen times in the last two weeks (I don't know why, this had never happened before): Emacs suddenly starts interpreting my keystrokes as if the caps lock key had been pressed (all caps, etc.), except it hasn't been; and if I do press the caps lock key, then Emacs will interpret my keystrokes in the opposite way, as if the caps lock were off. My caps lock key appears to be in perfect order. It has a little light that indicates when it is on. And the behaviors of all other applications are consistent with this indicator. Emacs is the only one whose behavior is backwards. In the past, the only way I have found to solve this problem is to kill and restart Emacs, which I find terribly disruptive. Is there some other way to reset Emacs? Also, any tips that would help me troubleshoot this problem would be greatly appreciated! Kynn -- NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards; and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded.