From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Mark Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:02:05 +0200 Message-ID: <83bnm55bnm.fsf@gnu.org> References: <54A6CD81.60109@opengroupware.ch> <87iognhg8s.fsf@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> <83d26vae0d.fsf@gnu.org> <54A84DC8.2010904@verizon.net> <54A9174D.8060101@opengroupware.ch> <54B2A307.5070204@opengroupware.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1421006556 29146 80.91.229.3 (11 Jan 2015 20:02:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 20:02:36 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 11 21:02:27 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1YAOiQ-0002TT-Lh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 21:02:26 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59218 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YAOiQ-0004Gj-1f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:02:26 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35703) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YAOiF-0004Ge-Ow for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:02:16 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YAOiB-0006zY-N8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:02:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout22.012.net.il ([80.179.55.172]:44357) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YAOiB-0006zU-Ff for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 15:02:11 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout22.012.net.il by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0NI1007003LJ7O00@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:02:02 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout22.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0NI1007GJ3ND2I40@a-mtaout22.012.net.il> for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Jan 2015 22:02:02 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 X-Received-From: 80.179.55.172 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:102000 Archived-At: > Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 00:22:02 +0700 > From: Yuri Khan > Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" > > On Sun, Jan 11, 2015 at 10:21 PM, Hugh Mayfield > wrote: > >>>>>> Sorry for newbie question. After a while, Emacs starts behaving all > >>>>>> the time as if I have typed C-SPC. That is, whenever I move point, the > >>>>>> text between point and the previous location of point is highlighted. > > > Turning off CAPS LOCK does indeed seem to be the answer. I wonder why > > that should be the case, though? > > Because Caps Lock is very similar to holding down Shift, and holding > down Shift while moving point is a CUA gesture for extending the > region. CapsLock is not supposed to affect cursor and arrow keys, only characters you insert. That's what happens on my system, FWIW. So there's some other factor at work here on the OP's machine.