From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: caps lock confusion Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 12:35:59 -0700 (PDT) Organization: http://groups.google.com Message-ID: <0c389427-1716-404f-b2ff-f68df283abb5@w34g2000yqm.googlegroups.com> References: <87mybgm73k.fsf@galatea.local> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1237664453 22807 80.91.229.12 (21 Mar 2009 19:40:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:40:53 +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 20:42:11 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 1Ll753-000838-Co for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 20:42:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46462 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ll73g-00080v-Pe for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:40:40 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!w34g2000yqm.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 68 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 75.57.73.43 Original-X-Trace: posting.google.com 1237664159 23894 127.0.0.1 (21 Mar 2009 19:35:59 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:35:59 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: w34g2000yqm.googlegroups.com; posting-host=75.57.73.43; posting-account=czAMxQoAAAAUEojshw4CrIvcwSdulymE User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.7) Gecko/2009021910 Firefox/3.0.7 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729), gzip(gfe), gzip(gfe) Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:167888 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:63180 Archived-At: On Mar 20, 1:13=A0pm, "Drew Adams" wrote: > > From: Pascal J. Bourguignon Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 10:34 AM > > kj writes: > > > > 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): =A0Emacs 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. =A0It has a little > > > light that indicates when it is on. =A0And the behaviors of all other > > > applications are consistent with this indicator. =A0Emacs 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! > > > Perhaps you activated caps-mode? > > It would be surprizing since AFAIK, it's not a bundled mode, > > and there's no shortcut binding to activate it. > > Try: =A0M-x caps-mode RET =A0to toggle it. > > FWIW - I had a similar problem, with a Dell Latitude laptop (D610, if I r= emember > right). But it affected all apps, not only Emacs. > > Dell replaced the onboard keyboard (even though I had the same problem wi= th an > external keyboard) and the motherboard, but that didn't help. Eventually,= Dell > replaced the entire laptop (with a D620), and that took care of it. > > Dunno if your problem is related (probably not, if other apps are not aff= ected). > If it is, contact Dell. (Googling will also show similar problems reporte= d for > some other laptops, including some IBM models.) Also, try hitting just th= e Shift > key several times in succession - sometimes that can unblock the problem.= (And > be sure sticky keys is turned off.) > > HTH. I have a Dell Latitude D531 which occasionally behaves as if Caps is locked on. Based on previous experience with this problem I made the following note to myself: "To turn off the filter keys hold down shift, press F7, then push the other shift key three times. The PC will beep like it does when you turn filter keys on." I recall finding this advice in one of the Microsoft community newsgroups. I originally experienced this problem on a different PC, after holding the Shift key down too long. Microsoft's software then decided I was handicapped.