The problem disappears when I comment out those two lines (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'footnote-mode) (setq footnote-prefix [[(control c) (f)]]) When I do not comment them out, I get the following backtraces : 1. When I create a new org file testest.org Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Key sequence contains invalid event") define-key((keymap) [[(control c) (f)]] (keymap (115 . Footnote-set-style) (114 . Footnote-renumber-footnotes) (103 . Footnote-goto-footnote) (100 . Footnote-delete-footnote) (99 . Footnote-cycle-style) (98 . Footnote-back-to-message) (97 . Footnote-add-footnote))) byte-code("\303 \304 \n#\210 )\207" [map footnote-prefix footnote-mode-map make-sparse-keymap define-key] 4) (defvar footnote-minor-mode-map (byte-code "\303 \304 \n#\210 )\207" [map footnote-prefix footnote-mode-map make-sparse-keymap define-key] 4) ("/Applications/Aquamacs.app/Contents/Resources/lisp/mail/footnote.elc" . 19879)) footnote-mode() run-hooks(text-mode-hook outline-mode-hook org-mode-hook) apply(run-hooks (text-mode-hook outline-mode-hook org-mode-hook)) run-mode-hooks(org-mode-hook) org-mode() set-auto-mode-0(org-mode nil) set-auto-mode() normal-mode(t) after-find-file(t t) find-file-noselect-1(# "~/Documents/Textes/org/ testestest.org" nil nil "~/Documents/Textes/org/testestest.org" nil) find-file-noselect("~/Documents/Textes/org/testestest.org" nil nil t) (let ((value ...)) (if tabbar-mode (if ... ... ...) (if ... ... ...))) aquamacs-find-file-2("~/Documents/Textes/org/testestest.org" t) call-interactively(aquamacs-find-file-2) (if filename (aquamacs-find-file-2 filename) (call-interactively (quote aquamacs-find-file-2))) (if (or (not one-buffer-one-frame) filename (< ... 2)) (if filename (aquamacs-find-file-2 filename) (call-interactively ...)) (new-empty-buffer nil (quote fundamental-mode)) (let (...) (unwind-protect ... ...))) aquamacs-find-file() call-interactively(aquamacs-find-file nil nil) recursive-edit() byte-code("\306 @\307=\203! 2. When I convert to html the fragment JJJ " Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Key sequence contains invalid event") define-key((keymap) [[(control c) (f)]] (keymap (115 . Footnote-set-style) (114 . Footnote-renumber-footnotes) (103 . Footnote-goto-footnote) (100 . Footnote-delete-footnote) (99 . Footnote-cycle-style) (98 . Footnote-back-to-message) (97 . Footnote-add-footnote))) byte-code("\303 \304 \n#\210 )\207" [map footnote-prefix footnote-mode-map make-sparse-keymap define-key] 4) (defvar footnote-minor-mode-map (byte-code "\303 \304 \n#\210 )\207" [map footnote-prefix footnote-mode-map make-sparse-keymap define-key] 4) ("/Applications/Aquamacs.app/ Contents/Resources/lisp/mail/footnote.elc" . 19879)) footnote-mode() run-hooks(text-mode-hook outline-mode-hook org-mode-hook) apply(run-hooks (text-mode-hook outline-mode-hook org-mode-hook)) run-mode-hooks(org-mode-hook) org-mode() org-export-preprocess-string(#("\nJJJJ\n" 0 1 (fontified t) 1 6 (fontified t)) :emph-multiline t :for-html t :skip-before-1st-heading nil :drawers nil :todo-keywords t :tags not-in-toc :priority nil :footnotes t :timestamps t :archived-trees headline :select-tags ("export") :exclude-tags ("noexport") :add-text nil :LaTeX-fragments nil) org-export-as-html(nil nil nil "*Org HTML Export*") org-export-as-html-to-buffer(nil) call-interactively(org-export-as-html-to-buffer) org-export(nil) call-interactively(org-export nil nil) 2010/5/30 Alexandre Billon > Dear list members, > I updated my org-mode files a month ago and since then, I get the following > error message > > "byte-code: Key sequence contains invalid event " > > when I > > 1. Try to export files to other formats (LaTex and html) > 2. Try to use org-remember > 3. create a new .org file > > This makes 1 and 2 unsuccessful. Can anyone help? > > I am currently using org-mode 6-36c on Mac-OS X either with Acquamacs 2 or > with Emacs 23.2. > > Best regards, > > Alexandre > > > > >