So, sometimes when I go into a buffer that has a [ as the first character (such as .ini files) emacs suddenly starts typing everything backwards. In other words, if I press the keys y e s I get out s e y.
After a little time investigating the behavior it seems that what is actually happening is that after typing any character the cursor immediately jumps to the beginning of the line. This means that if I press Ctrl+e after every character I can type forwards. This behavior persists across all buffers once it happens and the only way for me to type normally again is to completely exit out of emacs and restart it.
Does anyone out there have any idea why or how this is happening? For reference, here are my config files https://github.com/blarghmatey/dotfiles/tree/master/home/.emacs.d and the list of packages that are referenced are as follows:
ac-capf ac-inf-ruby ac-js2 ag ahg anaconda-mode anaphora ansible assemblage-theme async auto-complete auto-complete-exuberant-ctags auto-complete-rst bundler chruby coffee-mode color-theme color-theme-approximate color-theme-monokai color-theme-sanityinc-solarized color-theme-solarized color-theme-twilight column-marker command-t company company-anaconda company-inf-python company-inf-ruby company-tern company-ycm concurrent css-eldoc csv-mode ctable ctags ctags-update cython-mode dakrone-theme dark-souls dart-mode dash dash-at-point dash-functional deferred direx discover discover-js2-refactor discover-my-major distinguished-theme docean dpaste ein elpy elscreen epc epl eproject ess evil evil-leader evil-surround f fill-column-indicator find-file-in-project findr flx flx-isearch flycheck flycheck-color-mode-line fold-this fringe-helper fuzzy gerrit-download gh git-commit-mode git-gutter+ git-gutter-fringe+ git-rebase-mode goto-chg haml-mode helm helm-ag helm-aws helm-cmd-t helm-company helm-dash helm-flycheck helm-git helm-proc helm-projectile helm-pydoc helm-spotify heroku highlight-indentation history idomenu iedit inf-ruby inflections jedi jedi-direx jinja2-mode js2-mode js2-refactor js3-mode json-mode json-reformat json-rpc json-snatcher jsx-mode jump kivy-mode late-night-theme lentic let-alist lice logito logstash-conf lush-theme m-buffer magit magit-filenotify magit-gerrit magit-gh-pulls makey markdown-mode mkdown mmm-mode multi multi-term multi-web-mode multiple-cursors neotree nginx-mode nodejs-repl nose org org-jira paradox pcache pep8 php-mode pip-requirements pkg-info polymode popup popwin powerline projectile projectile-rails puppet-mode puppetfile-mode py-autopep8 py-import-check py-isort pymacs python-django python-environment pyvenv rainbow-delimiters rainbow-mode rake request rinari ruby-compilation rvm s sass-mode scss-mode simple-httpd skewer-mode smartparens smeargle smex soothe-theme sphinx-doc sr-speedbar stekene-theme sx tern tern-auto-complete tree-mode undo-tree vagrant virtualenvwrapper wakatime-mode web-mode websocket wgrep wgrep-ag windata workgroups2 xlicense yaml-mode yasnippet ycm zeal-at-point
comment-region(C-uto uncomment), until you have narrowed down the culprit. If you still have a question about it at that point, then update your question, narrowing it appropriately. IOW, don't just throw a giant sack of stuff out there and ask what's wrong. It is easy and quick to narrow things down yourself - binary search. – Drew Jan 06 '15 at 21:03current-active-mapsandpost-command-hookonce this happens. – wvxvw Jan 06 '15 at 21:49knitr(.Rnw) code. I believe (but not sure [yet]) that this is due to an update of polymode. I don't know how to callcurrent-active-mapsorpost-command-hook(neither shows onM-x ...), but if I doM-x Rnw-modethen the behavior disappears. Before, my buffer showsLaTeX/FMP Ref PM-Rnw Fly Compilingand afterwards it showsLaTeX/FMP Ref Fly Compiling Noweb NWFLin case that helps. – Marius Hofert Mar 25 '19 at 00:14knitranymore, but if the problem appears, I manually doM-x Rnw-mode. – Marius Hofert Jul 30 '22 at 04:57