Re: [Orgmode] [Patch] M-Right and M-Left behave differently on headings and list items

[Carsten Dominik]

On Apr 22, 2010, at 6:02 PM, Carsten Dominik wrote:

> On Apr 21, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Dan Davison wrote:
>
> > Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> > > On Apr 21, 2010, at 3:32 PM, Bastien wrote:
> > >
> > > > Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
> > > >
> > > > > do others agree with Matti's view?
> > > >
> > > > FWIW, I do.
> > >
> > > There is still another difference.
> > >
> > > Currently, when I execute the indentation command
> > > several times in a row, the range to which this applies
> > > is locked.
> > >
> > > So for example"
> > >
> > >    - level 1a
> > >       - level 2a
> > >       - level 2b
> > >       - level 2c
> > >    - level 1b
> > >
> > > If I now go on level 1a and use M-S-left, level 1b becomes a sibling
> > > of 2c.  If I immediately after this do M-S-right, 1b should be  
> > > indented
> > > along with 2c, but this does not happen because the item range is
> > > locked.  If, however, you do something in between, like moving the
> > > cursor by one character, 1b will be included.
> > >
> > > I believe I did this a long time ago, because I felt that not  
> > > locking
> > > the range for commands in direct succession would too quickly modify
> > > the structure, including at places outside of the current view (
> > > beyond the window end)
> > >
> > > If you are calling for more consistency, maybe this "feature" should
> > > go as well?
> >
> > I hope that this is sufficiently closely related to belong in this
> > thread: I find it surprising that org-do-demote deactivates the
> > region. Let's say I start out with
> >
> > * 1
> > ** 11
> > * 111
> > * 112
> > * 2
> >
> > and I wish to move to make 111 and 112 be children of 11
> >
> > The way that seems natural to me is to select headings 111 and 112,  
> > and
> > apply org-demote-subtree twice in succession. So with point at the
> > beginning of the 111 line,
> >
> > C-space down down M-right M-right
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> I do agree with your observation.  However, keeping the mark active  
> would mean that further cursor motions will still have the  
> highlighted region hanging around, and I found this the bigger  
> headache.
>
> What I do in these cases is
>
> M-right C-x C-x M-right
>
> which is not pretty but workable.

If you have a better solution, please let me know.

- Carsten

> - Carsten
>
> > However, this leads me to
> >
> > * 1
> > ** 11
> > ** 111
> > ** 112
> > ** 2
> >
> > because after one application of org-demote-subtree, the region  
> > becomes
> > deactivated and the second demotion applies to heading 2, which is
> > unlikely to have been intended.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
> > > - Carsten
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> - Carsten

- Carsten