GNU bug report logs - #809
transient mark mode gets activated every time i move

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Larry D'anna" <larry <at> elder-gods.org>
Cc: 809 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#809: transient mark mode gets activated every time i move
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:57:41 -0400

"Larry D'anna" <larry <at> elder-gods.org> writes:

>> In the current Emacs 23 code, I don't believe transient-mark-mode takes
>> on the value (only).  You may have some stale files not corresponding to
>> the latest CVS, so I'd suggest trying a fresh checkout and trying again.
>>
> yea i suspected that was the problem.  I've already tried it and it
> still happens on a fresh checkout :-/

One other possibility is that your X server is sending spurious shift
modifiers to Emacs.  Could you try setting shift-select-mode to nil and
seeing if the problem persists?

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