From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: C-x keystroke changed at runtime Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 17:47:43 +0300 Message-ID: <8360pqhblc.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474383139 7100 195.159.176.226 (20 Sep 2016 14:52:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 14:52:19 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Sep 20 16:52:12 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bmMOx-00005C-Aa for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:52:03 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35842 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bmMOv-00012T-JW for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:52:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57365) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bmMKW-0006hM-LE for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:47:32 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bmMKR-0006CY-I6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:47:27 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:41618) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bmMKR-0006CP-FH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:47:23 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2329 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1bmMKQ-000369-GH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:47:22 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Michele Bert on Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:42:42 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:111359 Archived-At: > From: Michele Bert > Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2016 10:42:42 +0200 > > After more than 1 week that it has been running (continuosly: I use to > leave it always open, even during the night, opening and closing > buffers, creating new frames, even with aid of emacsclient), suddenly > (few minutes ago) the C-x keystroke has changed behavior: whenever > there is an active region, it kills the selected text (just like C-w), > while if there isn't any region, it acts as a prefix for the usual > keystrokes (I can visit a file with C-x, C-f, or save it with C-x, > C-s, or change buffer with C-x, b, for example). But with an active > region it kills it instantly. > > I am going to restart the program, but before doing it, I would be > very curious to understand what is happening, so if anyone has a > suggestion about some tests or checks I can do, I would appreciate. Crystal ball says you've turned on CUA mode. What do you see in the mode line, where minor modes are shown? What does "C-h m" tell you about the active modes?