1 files changed, 27 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index 75627f084cd..cc591d6e1fe 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -302,6 +302,12 @@ Help mode due to setting `temp-buffer-show-hook' rather than using
 
 ** Keyboard problems
 
+*** Unable to enter the M-| key on some German keyboards.
+Some users have reported that M-| suffers from "keyboard ghosting".
+This can't be fixed by Emacs, as the keypress never gets passed to it
+at all (as can be verified using "xev").  You can work around this by
+typing `ESC |' instead.
+
 *** "Compose Character" key does strange things when used as a Meta key.
 
 If you define one key to serve as both Meta and Compose Character, you
@@ -1673,6 +1679,23 @@ recommended way of turning on Font-lock is by typing "M-x
 global-font-lock-mode RET" or by customizing the variable
 `global-font-lock-mode'.
 
+** Unexpected characters inserted into the buffer when you start Emacs.
+See eg http://debbugs.gnu.org/11129
+
+This can happen when you start Emacs in -nw mode in an Xterm.
+For example, in the *scratch* buffer, you might see something like:
+
+  0;276;0c
+
+This is more likely to happen if you are using Emacs over a slow
+connection, and begin typing before Emacs is ready to respond.
+
+This occurs when Emacs tries to query the terminal to see what
+capabilities it supports, and gets confused by the answer.
+To avoid it, set xterm-extra-capabilities to a value other than
+`check' (the default).  See that variable's documentation (in
+term/xterm.el) for more details.
+
 * Runtime problems specific to individual Unix variants
 
 ** GNU/Linux
@@ -2235,10 +2258,10 @@ printer drivers. A workaround on MS-Windows is to use Windows' basic
 built in editor to print (this is possibly the only useful purpose it
 has):
 
-(setq printer-name "")         ;; notepad takes the default
-(setq lpr-command "notepad")   ;; notepad
-(setq lpr-switches nil)        ;; not needed
-(setq lpr-printer-switch "/P") ;; run notepad as batch printer
+(setq printer-name "")         ; notepad takes the default
+(setq lpr-command "notepad")   ; notepad
+(setq lpr-switches nil)        ; not needed
+(setq lpr-printer-switch "/P") ; run notepad as batch printer
 
 ** Antivirus software interacts badly with the MS-Windows version of Emacs.