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- From: kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org (Kevin Gallagher)
- Newsgroups: comp.emacs
- Subject: Re: Why is C-@ disabled? Help
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.154726.4071@digi.lonestar.org>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 15:47:26 GMT
- References: <1992Aug14.144632.135776@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
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- In article <1992Aug14.144632.135776@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu> ky04@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (KUN YU) writes:
- >The SET-MARK command in EMACS on my machine (RISC 6000), C-@ or C-SPC,
- >is diabled, and has no effect. I guess that is caused by the
- >.emacs file which I am enclosing below.
- > [file deleted]
-
- Your .emacs file has nothing in it that would break the binding of
- set-mark-command.
-
- Not all keyboards are built the same. Many simply generate a SPC character
- when C-SPC is pressed. And some do not generate anything when C-@ is pressed.
-
- To test your keyboard, try the following. Press the following keys:
-
- SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC C-SPC C-h l
-
- The C-h l key sequence at the end brings up the view-lossage command which
- displays the last 100 keystrokes. The six space characters are used just for
- reference. If C-SPC generates a C-@ character, the last 9 characters in the
- view-lossage display will look like:
-
- SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC C-@ C-h l
-
- Then try the same by pressing C-@ and looking at it in view-lossage. You may
- be surprised.
-
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