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    This is an OS issue as this behaviour sounds like sticky keys and is built into certain keymaps, such as us-intl on Linux. Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 11:42
  • Sounds like wasamasa is right, in which case you should be asking how to bind the command to a different key. Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 13:23
  • @AndrewSwann: Maybe, maybe not. It's a good thing to check, yes. But Linux behavior should be irrelevant here, assuming the microsoft-windows tag is appropriate. Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 14:30
  • The simplest way of checking for this would be looking whether the same behaviour applies to other programs, such as by typing ^ into notepad.exe. Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 15:10
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    I think you have only a few options: (1) Use a different keyboard layout in which ^ is not a dead key – this is done at the OS level, not in emacs, or (2) Bind some other key to dired-up-directory and use it instead, or (3) Live with the problem, and type the space after ^. I am going with (3) myself, but I do find it irritating. Commented Jun 2, 2015 at 15:21