Subject: Re: bug#10224: 24.0.92; M-w inhibits echoing of prefix arguments

From: Chong Yidong <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:53:52 +0800

Stephen Berman <[email-masked]> writes:

> 1. emacs -Q
> 2. Type `C-u' => in the echo area you see "C-u-"
> 3. Set the mark (e.g. by typing `C-SPC') and then type `M-w'.

I don't understand what you are trying to say.

After typing C-u, if I immediately type C-SPC, Emacs says "No mark set
in this buffer".  That is to be expected, since C-u C-SPC is supposed to
move point to the mark.

Could you repeat with the *exact* recipe?