GNU bug report logs - #1958
23.0.60; org-mode does not honour shift-select-mode

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Message #49 received at 1958 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Lennart Borgman <lennart.borgman <at> gmail.com>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, 1958 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1958: 23.0.60; org-mode does not honour shift-select-mode
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:41:33 +0100

On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> wrote:
> Carsten Dominik <dominik <at> science.uva.nl> writes:
>
>> thank you for bringing this to my attention.  However, it not
>> clear to me how modifying the interactive form would solve the
>> issue that in Org, S-curser keys are used for different fuctionality?
>
> Ah OK.  I didn't investigate carefully enough.  I see now that Org binds
> S-arrow keys to commands that don't have anything to do with cursor
> motion.
>
> I don't think consistency demands that S-arrow perform text selection in
> other major modes.  So, unless you wish to change it, we can leave this
> one alone.

Once again then: I really prefer consistency. What do you mean with
"other major modes"? I really thought that S-arrow should perform
selection in all major modes since it is a very basic editing command.

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