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Asked: 2026-05-12T21:54:16+00:00

I’m using emacs (21.4.1) via PuTTY (0.60) connected to a CentOS5.3 box with a

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I’m using emacs (21.4.1) via PuTTY (0.60) connected to a CentOS5.3 box with a UK keyboard. Whenever I enter the £ symbol emacs locks hard, making the whole putty window unresponsive and loosing all changes.

Edit:

Futher to pajato0‘s suggestion, I get the following message:

à (translated from £) runs the command self-insert-command
    which is an interactive built-in function in `C source code'.
  which is an interactive built-in function in `C source code'.
It is bound to many ordinary text characters.

So it looks like I need to rebind the key. How would one do this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    To determine what role, if any, Emacs is playing in your scenario, I would suggest that you try C-h k # where # is your pound key. If it hangs, then Emacs is not getting the key at all and you have a Putty/Windows issue most likely. If Emacs tells you the function binding then you have some hope of fixing it by changing the key binding. My best guess is that Putty is capturing the key and sending it to Windows which is dropping the ball.

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