Enable the EDT emulation. Then press the key with the dot on the numeric keypad. This starts the selection of text. Press then the left arrow. The selection disappears, while it should not. The arrows serve to enlarge the portion of the text selected. In GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt6.1.7600) of 2009-06-30 on LENNART-69DE564 (patched) Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 6.1.7600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (3.4) --cflags -Ic:/g/include' Important settings: value of $LC_ALL: nil value of $LC_COLLATE: nil value of $LC_CTYPE: nil value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil value of $LC_MONETARY: nil value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil value of $LC_TIME: nil value of $LANG: ITA value of $XMODIFIERS: nil locale-coding-system: cp1252 default-enable-multibyte- characters: t Major mode: HTML Minor modes in effect: global-hl-line-mode: t server-mode: t cua-mode: t tooltip-mode: t tool-bar-mode: t mouse-wheel-mode: t noticeable-minibuffer-prompts-mode: t menu-bar-mode: t file-name-shadow-mode: t global-font-lock-mode: t font-lock-mode: t blink-cursor-mode: t global-auto-composition-mode: t auto-composition-mode: t auto-encryption-mode: t auto-compression-mode: t line-number-mode: t transient-mark-mode: t Recent input: n g e SPC t h e SPC d i s p l a y e d SPC t e r m i n a t i o n SPC w h e n SPC t h e r e SPC i s SPC n o SPC a c t i v e p e r f e c t p a r i g a SPC 4 SPC d a l SPC f o n d o : SPC z e r o SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC p w e r e r f e c t SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC z e r o SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC C-\ x w C-\ SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC - SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC SPC C-\ s o m a i C-\ M-x r e s p p o < mouse-2> Recent messages: Saving file c:/users/angelo/Desktop/greco/verbigrecoanalisi.html... Wrote c:/users/angelo/Desktop/greco/verbigrecoanalisi.html Undo! Saving file c:/users/angelo/Desktop/greco/verbigrecoanalisi.html... Wrote c:/users/angelo/Desktop/greco/verbigrecoanalisi.html Auto-saving...done Selected text CUT to kill ring [2 times] Auto-saving...done Mark set [4 times] Making completion list...