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    Emacs does not allow setting mark with normal C-space

    Normally in Emacs you set the mark with Ctrl-space. This isn't working under Emacs in 14.04.
    Ctrl-@ still works.
    Is this a bug?
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    Re: Emacs does not allow setting mark with normal C-space

    Quote Originally Posted by cpbl View Post
    Normally in Emacs you set the mark with Ctrl-space. This isn't working under Emacs in 14.04.
    Ctrl-@ still works.
    Is this a bug?
    I've tried both Emacs23 and Emacs24 in Kubuntu 14.04 and Ctrl-Space sets a mark.

    May be Ubuntu is not passing that key combination onto Emacs and is using it for something else? Sorry, I don't have an Ubuntu installation available at present.

    Edit: This bug report describes your problem: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...s/+bug/1278569
    Last edited by PaulW2U; March 12th, 2014 at 10:29 AM. Reason: Added link to bug report

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    Re: Emacs does not allow setting mark with normal C-space

    @PaulW2U -- Thanks! for the report and link. No need for me to submit one then.
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    Re: Emacs does not allow setting mark with normal C-space

    You can give jed a try as an Emacs replacement. It's in the repositories. I've used jed for years having grown up on Emacs once long ago.
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    Re: Emacs does not allow setting mark with normal C-space

    I had the same problem. I use Kubuntu . There's the IBUS preference settings icon on the system tray. One of the Keyboard shortcuts is using C-SPC. I clear this and the shortcut now works in Emacs again.

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    Re: Emacs does not allow setting mark with normal C-space

    Moved to General Help, as this has nothing to do with Utopic.

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    Re: Emacs does not allow setting mark with normal C-space

    Thank you!

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    Re: Emacs does not allow setting mark with normal C-space

    run ibus-setup and reconfigure the hot key, it works for me!

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