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24.0.91; "C-x C-<SPC>" seems broken

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 10032 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10032: 24.0.91; "C-x C-<SPC>" seems broken
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:16:57 +0800

Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org> writes:

> The manual actually used to say
>
>     In addition to the ordinary mark ring that belongs to each buffer,
>     Emacs has a single "global mark ring".  It records a sequence of
>     buffers in which you have recently set the mark, so you can go back
>     to those buffers.
>
>     Setting the mark always makes an entry on the current buffer's mark
>     ring.  If you have switched buffers since the previous mark setting,
>     the new mark position makes an entry on the global mark ring also.
>     The result is that the global mark ring records a sequence of
>     buffers that you have been in, and, for each buffer, a place where
>     you set the mark.
>
> before it was "fixed".
>
> 2008-06-26  Chong Yidong  <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
>
> 	* mark.texi (Shift selection): New node.
> 	(Mark): Copyedits.
> 	(Persistent Mark): Move to the end of the chapter.

Sorry for the confusion; I've checked in a fix.

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