[Orgmode] Re: [bug?] Possible bug with shifted cursor keys

[Anthony Lander]

On 11-Jan-15, at 10:29 AM, Matt Lundin wrote:

> Anthony Lander <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > I just noticed that S-<left> and S-<right> do not select anywhere in
> > the buffer in org-mode, even when org-support-shift-select is set to
> > always. Can anyone confirm this behavior?
> >
> > I am running this morning's org-mode git pull version 7.4
> > (release_7.4.174.g163cd.dirty) on today's Emacs nightly GNU Emacs
> > 24.0.50.1 (i686-apple-darwin10.0.0, NS apple-appkit-949.54) of
> > 2011-01-14 on ring
>
> I cannot reproduce this. With...

Hi Matt,

Thanks for trying it. It looks like it was a config issue on my end. I  
was setting the variable outside of the customize framework, but only  
after installing org. The variable docstring says it must be set  
before org loads.

  -Anthony

> (setq org-support-shift-select 'always)
>
> ...shift and the arrow keys correctly select a region.
>
> GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.22.1)
> of 2010-12-11 on archdesk
>
> Org-mode version 7.4 (release_7.4.195.g4821)
>
> Best,
> Matt