Re: getting out of text selection in emacs 23

[Xah Lee]

On Jul 21, 11:21 am, Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: Xah Lee <xah...@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.

thanks all.

i'll track down to more details and hopefully a production step if it
turns out is not something in my emacs customization.

 Xah