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Asked: May 28, 20262026-05-28T22:12:01+00:00 2026-05-28T22:12:01+00:00

I am running Emacs on a unix server, which I access using PuTTY. Occasionally,

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I am running Emacs on a unix server, which I access using PuTTY. Occasionally, I accidentally type some combination of keystrokes that causes all future input to be interpreted as a period. I’m pretty sure this always starts when I’m in Emacs, but it continues after exiting (ctrl-xc still works), so if I exit and try to enter something at the prompt it just looks like “….”.

I have no idea what I’m doing that causes this. Any ideas?

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    2026-05-28T22:12:02+00:00Added an answer on May 28, 2026 at 10:12 pm

    I agree with phils comment to the question. But In emacs whenever you like to see what you have just pressed, There is a C-h l which gives you the history of keystrokes

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