From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Javier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Alt-x not working Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:39:23 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1437669616 16274 80.91.229.3 (23 Jul 2015 16:40:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:40:16 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 23 18:40:16 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 1ZIJXc-0001y9-Cy for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 18:40:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42149 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZIJXb-0003SP-LA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:40:15 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.kjsl.com!feeder.erje.net!1.eu.feeder.erje.net!news.etla.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 25 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 6vJ9bD1ekW8t4acxAcHFJw.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (Linux/3.18.6-1-ARCH (x86_64)) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:213648 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:105934 Archived-At: do you use graphical emacs or emacs through a terminal? Which OS? Linux Mac or windows? Try Alt-x Ctrl-g Ctrl-h l 'Ctrl-h l' meaning view-lossage: Display last input keystrokes Which key presses does it record? 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. > > Have combed this newsgroup and Google without finding a solution. > > Have tried deleting .emacs, then adding "(global-set-key (kbd "M-x") 'execute-extended-comment)" to .emacs but still no change. > > Same problem on original version 24.4.1 and new 24.5.1. > > Would appreciate any hints. > > Thanks, Steve