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I am connecting from a Windows machine to a Linux server via Putty (http://blog.harang.org/?tag=putty). There I start Emacs and open a script written in the statistical language R. When I open the file, the appropriate major mode ESS is loaded and shown to be active in the tool bar. Also when I type C-h m I get the information of the major mode and also all its keybinding. The variable major-mode has the value ess-mode.

So far, so good. The problem is: None of the keybindings associated with this major mode do work. I type one of them, nothing happens except that I get the message that this keybinding is undefined. In describe-bindings, the keybindings of the major mode are not shown. (This is also the information I get when I type C-h k with the key sequence.)

What can I do? What is going on? Is it because of the putty emulation I am using?

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  • What is the value of major-mode? What does M-x describe-bindings say? – PythonNut Feb 10 '15 at 19:41
  • I am the question asker. As I cannot respond to the comments of the questions I do it here: 1. The variable major mode has value "ess-mode". 2. In describe-bindings, the keybindings of the major mode are not shown. – Michael Feb 11 '15 at 9:53
  • I'm having trouble following what's happening. Does C-h k report the key that you thought you had pressed? Could you post a screenshot after pressing C-h k and one of the major mode key bindings? Are you sure that the right window is focused? – Gilles♦ Feb 11 '15 at 18:39
  • Please provide a step-by-step recipe to reproduce the problem, starting with emacs -Q. – Drew Jan 14 at 3:40

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