Key mapping goes crazy using 21.3 on XP

Key mapping goes crazy using 21.3 on XP

[Roger.Vanderveen]

I'm using Emacs 2.31 on Windows XP SP2.  My key mapping goes crazy at
unpredictable times.  Ctrl-Y maps to Ctrl-Z, "(" maps to ")" and vice
versa, letters map to Latin-1, etc.

This may happen within a few minutes of use, or a couple of hours.
I've tried reinstalling, and running off different drives, with the
same results.  Any help appreciated.

-- Rog

Re: Key mapping goes crazy using 21.3 on XP

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Roger.Vanderveen@gmail.com
> Date: 23 Jun 2006 09:44:33 -0700
> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com
> Injection-Info: i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com; posting-host=71.111.51.164;
> 	posting-account=FsEnVQ0AAAAhj1Zi-1MmZL6rRqQvWxgv
> 
> I'm using Emacs 2.31 on Windows XP SP2.  My key mapping goes crazy at
> unpredictable times.  Ctrl-Y maps to Ctrl-Z, "(" maps to ")" and vice
> versa, letters map to Latin-1, etc.

One possibility is that you have inadvertently typed Alt-LShift, which
switches the input language.  Look at the language indicator on the
task bar, near the system tray.

Re: Key mapping goes crazy using 21.3 on XP

[Roger.Vanderveen]

Thank you VERY MUCH!  That's exactly what was happening, and it's been
driving me up the wall!

-- Rog

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Roger.Vanderveen@gmail.com
> > Date: 23 Jun 2006 09:44:33 -0700
> > Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com
> > Injection-Info: i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com; posting-host=71.111.51.164;
> > 	posting-account=FsEnVQ0AAAAhj1Zi-1MmZL6rRqQvWxgv
> >
> > I'm using Emacs 2.31 on Windows XP SP2.  My key mapping goes crazy at
> > unpredictable times.  Ctrl-Y maps to Ctrl-Z, "(" maps to ")" and vice
> > versa, letters map to Latin-1, etc.
>
> One possibility is that you have inadvertently typed Alt-LShift, which
> switches the input language.  Look at the language indicator on the
> task bar, near the system tray.