From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can I use movement commands to refine a mouse-defined region? Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:59:15 +0200 Message-ID: <83io0un7i4.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1457593164 13458 80.91.229.3 (10 Mar 2016 06:59:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:59:24 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 10 07:59:19 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aduZ3-0008Gf-Rb for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 07:59:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46632 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aduZ3-0007kU-Ec for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:59:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48375) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aduYr-0007kM-Vs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:59:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aduYo-0002u4-Om for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:59:05 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:35403) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aduYo-0002tx-LJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:59:02 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4857 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1aduYn-0008QT-V5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:59:02 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Nick Helm on Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:38:10 +1300) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:109526 Archived-At: > From: Nick Helm > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:38:10 +1300 > > I usually define a region by firstly setting the mark with C-SPC, moving > point with some combination of C-f, C-b, C-n, C-p etc, then acting on the > highlighted region. > > Occasionally, I use the mouse to define the region using click and drag. > This, I presume, sets the mark on button down and moves point with the > drag. > > Sometimes though, my mousing is not as accurate as it could be and I > would like to refine the region by moving point with C-f, C-b etc. > However, any movement keys immediately deactivates the defined region > and removes the region highlight. Use shifted arrow keys, they don't deactivate the region.