>I wonder if there was any setting unknown to me which creates this behaviour. One of the usual suspects: is it a bug or is it that way by design?
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And therein lieth the tale. :-) Looks like Garrett will find the answer for us though. Technically speaking, to my way of thinking, behavior that is inconsistent with the previous version that is not documented as by design is, by definition, a bug, even if it is by design. This is, of course, IMO. I.e. to change known behavior w/o documenting it is a bug.