From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Robert Thorpe Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Alt-x not working Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:56:40 +0100 Message-ID: <87fv49b9pz.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> References: <87615aplyn.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1438030636 2130 80.91.229.3 (27 Jul 2015 20:57:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:57:16 +0000 (UTC) To: solitary.wanderer52@gmail.com, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 27 22:57:06 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJpSL-0003oM-TU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 22:57:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55519 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJpSL-0004Hm-8H for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:57:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45158) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJpS3-0004Do-4o for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:56:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJpRz-00069j-8B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:56:47 -0400 Original-Received: from outbound-smtp05.blacknight.com ([81.17.249.38]:57633) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZJpRz-00067z-2J for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:56:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.blacknight.com (pemlinmail03.blacknight.ie [81.17.254.16]) by outbound-smtp05.blacknight.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8444898B10 for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:56:41 +0000 (UTC) Original-Received: (qmail 21365 invoked from network); 27 Jul 2015 20:56:41 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO RTLaptop) (rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com@[109.76.215.250]) by 81.17.254.9 with ESMTPSA (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted, authenticated); 27 Jul 2015 20:56:41 -0000 In-Reply-To: <87615aplyn.fsf@robertthorpeconsulting.com> (message from Robert Thorpe on Thu, 23 Jul 2015 23:07:12 +0100) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 81.17.249.38 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:106035 Archived-At: Robert Thorpe writes: > Steve Graham writes: >>> (global-set-key (read-kbd-macro >>> " ") >>> 'execute-extended-comment) >> >> The Escape x worked great! > > Yes, instead of Alt-x you can first press ESC then x. You can also use > Ctrl-[ instead of ESC, it's often more convienent since it's nearer. > > As other have said, it seems you OS has remapped your keyboard in a > strange way. Another suggestions. On MS Windows there are global keybindings that change the input method. Sometimes you can hit these accidentally. On my computer at work I kept switching it to Chinese. I solved this by changing registry entries to disable the keybindings. You could have accidentally enabled one of these modes. There's sometimes a little pair of characters in the right of the taskbar. It says "EN" or "CH". On recent versions of Windows you have to enable it to see it. BR, Robert Thorpe