GNU bug report logs - #79022
30.1.90; Shift-select-mode does not appear to work when scroll-lock-mode is enabled

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Message #11 received at 79022 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "John Haman" <mail <at> johnhaman.org>
To: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 79022 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#79022: 30.1.90; Shift-select-mode does not appear to work when
 scroll-lock-mode is enabled
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:52:45 -0400

Yep, that patch resolves the bug completely!

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John T. Haman
mail <at> johnhaman.org

On Tue, Jul 15, 2025, at 7:45 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:54:13 -0400
>> From: "John Haman" <mail <at> johnhaman.org>
>> 
>> In short, I believe there is a bad interaction between scroll-lock-mode
>> and shift-select-mode that prevent shift-select mode from working as
>> intended when scroll-lock-mode is active.
>> 
>> 1. Emacs -Q
>> 2. Open a text file.
>> 3. Enable scroll-lock-mode
>> 4. Try to highlight some text using C-S-n or C-S-<down>. I expected it
>> to be selected, but it is not.
>
> Thanks.  Does the patch below fix this problem without introducing new
> problems?
>
> diff --git a/lisp/scroll-lock.el b/lisp/scroll-lock.el
> index 6b99e29..7689ca8 100644
> --- a/lisp/scroll-lock.el
> +++ b/lisp/scroll-lock.el
> @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ scroll-lock-move-to-column
> 
>  (defun scroll-lock-next-line-always-scroll (&optional arg)
>    "Scroll up ARG lines keeping point fixed."
> -  (interactive "p")
> +  (interactive "^p")
>    (or arg (setq arg 1))
>    (scroll-lock-update-goal-column)
>    (condition-case nil
> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ scroll-lock-next-line-always-scroll
> 
>  (defun scroll-lock-next-line (&optional arg)
>    "Scroll up ARG lines keeping point fixed."
> -  (interactive "p")
> +  (interactive "^p")
>    (or arg (setq arg 1))
>    (scroll-lock-update-goal-column)
>    (if (pos-visible-in-window-p (point-max))
> @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ scroll-lock-next-line
> 
>  (defun scroll-lock-previous-line (&optional arg)
>    "Scroll up ARG lines keeping point fixed."
> -  (interactive "p")
> +  (interactive "^p")
>    (or arg (setq arg 1))
>    (scroll-lock-update-goal-column)
>    (condition-case nil
> @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ scroll-lock-previous-line
> 
>  (defun scroll-lock-forward-paragraph (&optional arg)
>    "Scroll down ARG paragraphs keeping point fixed."
> -  (interactive "p")
> +  (interactive "^p")
>    (or arg (setq arg 1))
>    (scroll-lock-update-goal-column)
>    (scroll-up (count-screen-lines (point) (save-excursion
> @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ scroll-lock-forward-paragraph
> 
>  (defun scroll-lock-backward-paragraph (&optional arg)
>    "Scroll up ARG paragraphs keeping point fixed."
> -  (interactive "p")
> +  (interactive "^p")
>    (or arg (setq arg 1))
>    (scroll-lock-update-goal-column)
>    (let ((goal (save-excursion (backward-paragraph arg) (point))))

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