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Re: caps lock confusion
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Dan Espen |
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Re: caps lock confusion |
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Date: |
Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:02:37 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.090015 (Oort Gnus v0.15) XEmacs/21.4 (Educational Television, i686-pc-linux) |
kj <socyl@987jk.com.invalid> writes:
> I have had this problem occur to me about half a dozen times in
> the last two weeks (I don't know why, this had never happened
> before): Emacs suddenly starts interpreting my keystrokes as if
> the caps lock key had been pressed (all caps, etc.), except it
> hasn't been; and if I do press the caps lock key, then Emacs will
> interpret my keystrokes in the opposite way, as if the caps lock
> were off.
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> My caps lock key appears to be in perfect order. It has a little
> light that indicates when it is on. And the behaviors of all other
> applications are consistent with this indicator. Emacs is the only
> one whose behavior is backwards.
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> In the past, the only way I have found to solve this problem is to
> kill and restart Emacs, which I find terribly disruptive.
>
> Is there some other way to reset Emacs?
>
> Also, any tips that would help me troubleshoot this problem would
> be greatly appreciated!
Look at your shift key, it's stuck!
No, really, happened to me just a few weeks ago.