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From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@buug.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Alt-x not working
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 10:17:44 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150723171419.19995.0CE20F7F@ahiker.mooo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cc62f20c-944f-43e1-b9b1-1c12e9dbb30b@googlegroups.com>

On 2015-07-23 09:31 -0700, Steve Graham wrote:

> Yesterday it worked just fine, as in Alt-x run-scheme.
> 
> Today Alt-x doesn't do a thing, not even a comment in the window at the bottom.
> 
> Other Alt- combinations show a reaction from the system.

These symptoms imply very clearly that something else captures the event
before Emacs can see it.  Most likely your window manager or "integrated
desktop" ie Gnome, KDE and so on.

The other possibility is a broken keyboard :-)

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      parent reply	other threads:[~2015-07-23 17:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-07-23 16:31 Alt-x not working Steve Graham
2015-07-23 16:39 ` Javier
2015-07-23 16:54   ` Steve Graham
2015-07-23 17:27     ` Javier
2015-07-23 19:13       ` Steve Graham
2015-07-23 22:07         ` Robert Thorpe
2015-07-27 20:56           ` Robert Thorpe
     [not found]         ` <mailman.7324.1437689243.904.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2015-07-24  5:20           ` Rusi
2015-07-24  5:47             ` Rusi
2015-07-23 17:17 ` Ian Zimmerman [this message]

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