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I'm using emacs 24.5.1 on ubuntu 16.04 on a Vaio x64 pc. earlier I ran the emacs tutorial and got through it completely no problem. Then I started playing with the "replace-string" command and now my Meta key no longer works so SOME but not all key commands. M-f, M-b, M-a and M-e work fine and so does M-x

But when I do M-> or M-< I get the following messages (see below). No amount of C-g'ing or hitting the ESC seems to help. What happened? How do I get out of it? How do I avoid getting back into this? Thanks!

user-error: No M-x tags-search or M-x tags-query-replace in progress [3 times] Quit [3 times] completing-read-default: Command attempted to use minibuffer while in minibuffer [2 times] Quit completing-read-default: Command attempted to use minibuffer while in minibuffer [2 times] user-error: There is no default tag

Drew
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  • Probably: [Problems with keybindings when using terminal](http://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/1020/problems-with-keybindings-when-using-terminal). – Dan Oct 28 '16 at 00:24
  • Are you using emacs in a terminal? If yes, does the problem appear with graphical emacs? – T. Verron Oct 28 '16 at 07:21
  • After pressing `M->`, press `C-h l`. This opens a window with the last few keys you typed. Check what Emacs sees when you press `M->`. – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' Oct 28 '16 at 21:33

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