Re: C-SPC C-<left> weirdness

[Miles Bader]

Michael Olson <address@hidden> writes:
> I'm noticing that whenever I do the key sequence C-SPC, hold both keys,
> then hit <left> multiple (at least three) times, the minibuffer flashes
> rapidly with the messages "Mark deactivated" and "Mark activated".  This
> is a regression that does not happen with my build from Sep. 12.  The
> expectation is to keep the mark activated while pressing <left>.

Why would you continue to hold down C-SPC while hitting <left>?

If you hold down C-SPC, it's eventually going to start auto-repeating
(which would yield flashing messages like you see), though I imagine
<left> _should_ cause X to "cancel" the auto-repeat state of C-SPC
(it does for me); if not, I guess that could be an X bug.

[Repeating C-SPC seems to now toggle active mark state, which I guess is
new behavior (or at least I don't recall it seeing it before), but seems
reasonable enough.]

-Miles

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