From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: getting out of text selection in emacs 23
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:21:04 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83ab2x6gof.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2d773fa5-c39b-43e0-b0c4-fa379b4ace6d@13g2000prl.googlegroups.com>
> From: Xah Lee <xahlee@gmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:00:12 -0700 (PDT)
>
> in emacs23, often when i have a text selection, i can't deselect it
> with Ctrl+g. Sometimes pressing Ctrl+g twice works, sometimes not and
> i have to move cursor first then Ctrl+g, or do a copy to get rid of
> the selection.
>
> is this just me or something in emacs23?
Please describe how you select the text when that happens. There are
several different ways to select, each one with its own peculiarities
(and features). Also, if this isn't in "emacs -Q", please tell what
is the setting of transient-mark-mode.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-07-21 18:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-07-21 13:00 getting out of text selection in emacs 23 Xah Lee
2009-07-21 15:00 ` Wang Lei
2009-07-21 18:21 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2009-07-21 18:21 ` Lennart Borgman
[not found] ` <mailman.2932.1248200470.2239.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-07-21 20:15 ` Xah Lee
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