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Hi Drew,

On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> wrote:
> You don't mention your Emacs version.
>
> In Emacs prior to version 22, any prefix arg gave the behavior you're looking
> for. Starting with Emacs 22, you need to use a non-numeric prefix arg to get
> that behavior.
>
> So try `C-u C-h i' instead of `M-2 C-h i'.

That was it.  Thank you!!
Completely unclear why it was necessary to change it, though.

Regards, Bruce