Ah, it looks like my problem was a completely different one. Once you get into this state w32-set-current-locale and w32-keyboard-layout might help. There are corresponding -get- functions which you could use to record the values for the locale and keyboard-layout that you want.
Suraj On 5/4/05, Britton, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds reasonable. However, in a Java buffer on a freshly started emacs > when I type C-\ I get the message "Can't activate input method > `latin-1-prefix'" in the minibuffer. When I run list-input-methods, I get > the output: > > No input method is available, perhaps because you have not yet > installed LEIM (Libraries of Emacs Input Method). > > LEIM is available from the same ftp directory as Emacs. For instance, > if there exists an archive file `emacs-M.N.tar.gz', there should also > be a file `leim-M.N.tar.gz'. When you extract this file, LEIM files > are put under the subdirectory `emacs-M.N/leim'. When you install > Emacs again, you should be able to use various input methods. > > Is it possible that I am somehow enabling input methods without knowing it > so that C-\ is indeed the culprit? > > Thanks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Suraj Acharya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 8:21 PM > To: Britton, Chris > Cc: jde@sunsite.dk > Subject: Re: Random Keyboard Language Change > > The culprit is C-\ or toggle-input-method. I used to do this all the time, > until I did a describe-key on C-\ while looking for a short unused key > sequence I could bind something to. > > Suraj > > On 5/4/05, Britton, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I know this sounds bizarre but... > > > > ...occasionally, I will be typing along in a Java buffer and notice > > that my keyboard language has silently changed from its default of US > > English to what I believe is a French keyboard mapping. (The "A" and > > "Q" keys are swapped as are the "W" and "Z" keys. The unshifted > > number keys produce symbols such as "c" with a cedilla, "e" with an > > accent, and "a" with a grave > > symbol.) The complete new keyboard layout is at the end of the > > attached problem report. > > > > At first, I thought maybe I was inadvertently typing some key sequence > > that caused the change. However, each time the problem occurs an > > emacs lossage report shows a different key sequence leading up to the > language change. > > > > Sometimes this happens several times per day, and sometimes just once > > per week. Resetting to the default language environment, coding > > system, or input method seems to have no effect. Neither does setting > > them explicitly to English or latin-1. The only way I can restore the > > default keyboard layout is to restart emacs. Other currently running > > Windows applications are not affected when this problem occurs. > > > > I've augmented the attached JDEE problem report with a lossage report > > (notice the <language-change> event), the new keyboard layout, and the > > output of the quail-show-keyboard-layout function. > > > > Has anyone seen anything like this before? How does one even generate > > a <language-change> event? Maybe knowing that will give me a clue as > > to what is happening. Could any of the background processes > > (semantic, ECB) be doing anything to contribute to this? Any advice on > what I should do next? > > > > I'm running JDE 2.3.5, emacs 21.3.1, Windows XP service pack 2, > > cedet-1.0beta3, and ECB 2.31. > > > > Thanks in advance for any feedback. > > > > -- > > Chris Britton > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > <<emacskeyboardproblem.zip>> > > >
