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Sarir Khamsi wrote:

> For some reason, when I want to set mark, I now have to press C-SPC
> twice. This just started happening recently and I don't know what
> changed on my system (WinXP/SP1, GNU Emacs 21.3.50.1). This appears to
> be the same for C-@, that is, I need to press it twice for set
> mark. Any ideas?  Thanks.
> 
> Sarir

Are you using refill-mode? I find I have to do this when I'm using
refill-mode (which is nearly all the time.) My guess is the mode moves
text which upsets the mark. I haven't had the problem in any other
text mode and don't know of any fix beyond hitting C-space twice.


--Rod 
Author of "Linux for Non-Geeks--Clear-eyed Answers for Practical Consumers"
and "Boring Stories from Uncle Rod." Both are available at
http://www.rodwriterpublishing.com/index.html.

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