From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Giacomo Boffi Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: alt v key Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:22:52 +0200 Organization: One Step Beyond Message-ID: <86odsodj77.fsf@boffi95.stru.polimi.it> References: <1159287309.063547.109850@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> <1159304080.972857.265460@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160250044 20769 80.91.229.2 (7 Oct 2006 19:40:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 19:40:44 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 07 21:40:42 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GWI28-0002Ay-39 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:40:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GWI27-0004tf-Kf for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:40:27 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!130.59.10.21.MISMATCH!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!newsserver.news.garr.it!newsserver.cilea.it!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 35 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: boffi95.stru.polimi.it Original-X-Trace: newsserver.cilea.it 1160248972 14855 131.175.189.141 (7 Oct 2006 19:22:52 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@cilea.it Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Oct 2006 19:22:52 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.5-b27 (linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dTdTjW7cJlmUUUqOsI/c72G8muw= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142263 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:37883 Archived-At: "mark" writes: > after Ctrl-h k Alt-v > M-c runs the command capitalize-word hi mark, i think that someone (usual suspect is gnome) is playing with your xkb configuration try turning off xkb altogether (i did it! and i got back my keyboard...) what it takes is editing xorg.conf, 1) modify the server layout introducing to the server another keyboard Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" 0 0 InputDevice "Another Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" EndSection 2) define another keyboard, where xkb is disabled Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Another Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbDisable" "True" EndSection restart the server -- e di sùbito parve giorno a giorno essere aggiunto, come quei che puote avesse il ciel d'un altro sole addorno