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Re: marking using shifted arrow keys (CUA mode)
From: |
Dan Nicolaescu |
Subject: |
Re: marking using shifted arrow keys (CUA mode) |
Date: |
Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:49:32 -0700 |
Reiner Steib <address@hidden> writes:
> Hi,
>
> for a colleague, I was looking for an option to mark text using
> shifted arrow keys (<S-right>, <C-S-right>) in Emacs 22.1.
> I tried `i arrow', `i shift' in the manual without success. Finally I
> found it in (info "(emacs)CUA Bindings") because I presumed that it
> might be a feature of CUA mode. I don't think that a user expects to
> find it in a node under "Killing and Moving Text". Maybe a hint and a
> cross reference in (info "(emacs)Marking Objects") would be useful.
> And I think we should add an index entry (maybe like this one):
>
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> --- killing.texi 15 Apr 2007 10:54:28 +0200 1.60
> +++ killing.texi 16 Jul 2007 20:26:36 +0200
> @@ -650,6 +650,7 @@
> However, if you don't want to override these bindings in Emacs at all,
> set @code{cua-enable-cua-keys} to @code{nil}.
>
> address@hidden marking, using shifted arrow keys
> In CUA mode, using @kbd{Shift} together with the movement keys
> activates and highlights the region over which they move. The
> standard (unshifted) movement keys deactivate the mark, and typed text
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>
> Additionally, it's a little bit strange that the user has to enable
> `cua-mode' and disable (set `cua-enable-cua-keys' to `nil') the most
> prominent CUA feature to get "marking using shifted arrow keys". Did
> I miss something? Is there another possibility?
See cua-selection-mode