bug#36083: 26.2; Bell every 10 seconds with message "<noname> is undefined"

[Rick McCarty]

Hi Eli,

Thanks! You were correct. I found I also had to disable the modifier key combinations as well, so I did:

    (define-key global-map [noname] 'ignore)

    (define-key global-map [C-noname] 'ignore)

    (define-key global-map [M-noname] 'ignore)

Your input that I should have reported this earlier is well taken - then perhaps Emacs could have been updated long ago to simply ignore these nonname pseudo keys by default or a workaround documented.

Again, thanks for reaching back out to me on this!

Best regards,

Rick

Rick McCarty

rjmccarty@live.com

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 9:13 AM
To: Rick McCarty
Cc: 36083@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36083: 26.2; Bell every 10 seconds with message "<noname> is undefined"

 

> From: Rick McCarty <rjmccarty@live.com>
> Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 00:18:28 +0000
>
> In a new install of Windows 10, every 10 seconds the bell rings in Emacs, and the message "<noname> is
> undefined" is printed. It only happens when focus is on the Emacs window. This makes Emacs completely
> unusable.

This is produced if Emacs receives the 'noname' (VK_NONAME) pseudo-key
key-press event from Windows.  It sounds like DishAnywhere and
SlingPlayer are sending these pseudo-keys to make sure the system
doesn't go to sleep when these applications are active.

Does typing the below inside Emacs make the problem go away?

  M-: (define-key global-map [noname] 'ignore) RET

> This is not a new thing - I have seen it before on Vista, Win 7, and another Windows 10 system. I've never
> been able to figure out what is going on - instead I've just installed XEmacs and used that.

If you see this since Vista, it would mean you are aware of the
problem for at least 10 years, maybe longer.  I can only say it's a
pity you didn't report this earlier.  Please in the future try to
report problems with smaller delays, thanks in advance.