From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Strange Problem with keypresses on Win32 Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:56:30 +0300 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153162700 21480 80.91.229.2 (17 Jul 2006 18:58:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 18:58:20 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 17 20:58:17 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 1G2YGm-0005Mi-LV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:56:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2YGm-0003b5-9r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:56:40 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G2YGc-0003ao-3q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:56:30 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G2YGa-0003aQ-VO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:56:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G2YGa-0003aL-SX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:56:28 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.114.186.20] (helo=nitzan.inter.net.il) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1G2YJJ-0005Ks-ER for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 14:59:17 -0400 Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-38-68.inter.net.il [80.230.38.68]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id EER56532 (AUTH halo1); Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:56:26 +0300 (IDT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-reply-to: (message from exits funnel on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:02:59 -0700) 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:36021 Archived-At: > From: exits funnel > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 11:02:59 -0700 > > > Hmm.. q for a and w for z? Sounds like your keyboard got switched to French > > to English or vice versa. In Windows, you can change languages (keyboards) > > easily, though I've forgotten the keyboard shortcut. Your task bar might > > indicate the current language as Fr or En. > [...] > Thanks for the reply. I'm pretty sure that your theory isn't altogether > right because when I switch applications, there are no problems so the > issue seems to be limited to Emacs. Please note that input language is a per-application setting on Windows. So, if you inadvertently switch the language while typing into Emacs, only Emacs will be affected. > Still, it might be a step in the > right direction. One thing which makes the problem difficult to solve > is that I can't reproduce it, it just (seems) to occur randomly. Next time it happens look at the language indicator in your system tray.