From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Joost Kremers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: M-a broken but M-e works on external keyboard only Date: 9 May 2013 07:54:39 GMT Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368104983 27193 80.91.229.3 (9 May 2013 13:09:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 13:09:43 +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 May 09 15:09:43 2013 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 1UaQbN-0006bR-VI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 15:09:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56954 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UaQbN-0002Sj-5B for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 09:09:41 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Trace: individual.net JSGufUTnxH0DuP9DZ4FhSAtGyNyCzpPpqY/f2Vwtrryrt0Hoei Cancel-Lock: sha1:gPx/H9Gy1Qv+EXVfHa8sQTb27BM= Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Editor: Emacs of course! User-Agent: slrn/pre1.0.0-18 (Linux) Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:198297 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Thu, 09 May 2013 09:09:32 -0400 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:90575 Archived-At: Joseph B wrote: > I am using a laptop. This problem appears only when I plug in my Logitech > Wave keyboard, and only appeared today. I have made no changes that > would've precipitated this error, to my knowledge. > > Description of error: > M-a stopped working. Nothing happens when I press it. M-e and other M- > commands still work. [...] > Any suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance. Have you tried C-h c M-a to see if the key is ever registering? Have you tried another external keyboard? It sounds to me as if your external keybord is acting up. Though it sure is weird that the a key works, the meta key works, but the combination doesn't... -- Joost Kremers joostkremers@fastmail.fm Selbst in die Unterwelt dringt durch Spalten Licht EN:SiS(9)