Re: Move selection up, down

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

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> Hi,
> 
> in Netbeans when you press M-S-up/M-S-down you move the selected text
> up/down. When nothing is selected it moves the current line.
> 
> With C-S-up/C-S-down you copy the selection up/down. When nothings is
> selected it copies the current line up/down.
> 
> Is such functionality available in emacs?
> 
> Jiri Pejchal

Based on Jiri's question I suggest that the transpose-* commands should
be changed so that they transpose an active highlighted region according
to the amount given by the transpose-* name.

Any thoughts about that?