Editing problem

Editing problem

[Michael Wolf]

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In GNU Emacs 20.7.1 (i386-suse-linux, X toolkit)
 of Tue Sep 25 2001 on hewitt
configured using `configure --with-gcc --with-pop --with-system-malloc --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --with-x --with-x-toolkit=lucid --x-includes=/usr/X11R6/include --x-libraries=/usr/X11R6/lib i386-suse-linux CC=gcc 'CFLAGS=-O2 -mcpu=i486 -march=i486 -pipe 	 -DSYSTEM_PURESIZE_EXTRA=25000 	 -DSITELOAD_PURESIZE_EXTRA=10000 	 -D_GNU_SOURCE ' 'LDFLAGS=-s -znocombreloc' build_alias=i386-suse-linux host_alias=i386-suse-linux target_alias=i386-suse-linux'

Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug
and the precise symptoms of the bug:

I have used emas before on different platforms and I have never had the
problem that I am having right now. Also, I have not changed the work with
emacs in any way.

What happens is the following: when I edit a file (whether it is a text file,
a Latex file, a C++ file, etc.) all of sudden unwanted changes appear in my
file. Basically, a part of text that I had deleted somewhere else earlier on
(and it times even text that I have deleted outside of emacs) will appear out
of nowhere all over my file. Say, it might appear in 5 to 10 different
locations. I have no idea what trigggers this and, of course, it is very
annoying. Since I have never had this problem before, I am tempted to conclude
it must be due to a bug in my particular version of emacs. 

Please help! My e-mail address is: michael.wolf@econ.upf.es

Thanks much,
Michael


Recent input:
up up up up up up up up up up up up up up up up up 
up up up up up up up up up up up up up up up up down-mouse-1 
mouse-1 , SPC d i f f SPC 0 SPC backspace backspace 
= SPC 0 C-x C-s menu-bar files open-file t h r e s 
. backspace h . h return menu-bar files open-file T 
h r e backspace a s h . c p p return menu-bar buffer 
"shit.cpp" C-x C-s menu-bar files kill-buffer down-mouse-5 
mouse-5 double-down-mouse-5 double-mouse-5 triple-down-mouse-5 
triple-mouse-5 triple-down-mouse-5 triple-mouse-5 menu-bar 
help-menu report-emacs-bug

Recent messages:
Fontifying thresh.h...
Fontifying thresh.h... (regexps................)
Fontifying Thrash.cpp...
Fontifying Thrash.cpp... (regexps..................)
Matches {
  int i, k, n = x.getSize(), indexFloor, N = gridBound;
Saving file /home/mwolf/C/shit.cpp...
Wrote /home/mwolf/C/shit.cpp
Loading emacsbug...
Loading emacsbug...done

Re: Editing problem

[Richard Stallman]

I wonder if someone is playing a practical joke on you.

Next time it happens, type C-h l and see if the list of input
characters has anything in it that you do not think you typed.