Re: C-a marks whole buffer instead of moving to beginning of line

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Rainer Stengele <rainer.stengele@diplan.de>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: C-a marks whole buffer instead of moving to beginning of line
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:58:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3465C3B6-D7DD-414E-97CD-FD8AD53C319F@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B055A14.6070205@diplan.de>

On Nov 19, 2009, at 3:45 PM, Rainer Stengele wrote:

> I get:
>
>
>
> C-a runs the command mark-whole-buffer, which is an interactive
> compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'.
>
> It is bound to C-a, C-x h, <menu-bar> <edit> <mark-whole-buffer>.
>
> (mark-whole-buffer)
>
> Put point at beginning and mark at end of buffer.
> You probably should not use this function in Lisp programs;
> it is usually a mistake for a Lisp function to use any subroutine
> that uses or sets the mark.
>
>
>
> I can't seem to find the beast. I already switched off cua mode.
> How can I find where this setting is done?

Hi Rainer

clear out your .emacs file and add stuff back in until the
problem appears.  If your .emacs file is big, do the
adding/removing in a bisecting way.  If it gets frustrating, see
it as an opportunity toe clean up this file :-)

HTH

- Carsten

>
> Thanks,
> Rainer
>
> Carsten Dominik schrieb:
>>
>> On Nov 18, 2009, at 5:30 PM, Rainer Stengele wrote:
>>
>>> I have
>>>
>>> Org Special Ctrl A/E: Hide Value Value Menu reversed: true line
>>> boundary first
>>>
>>> Emacs still marks the whole buffer with C-a instead of setting point
>>> to begin of line.
>>
>> What does `C-h k C-a' give you?
>>
>> I guess the culprit must be something like pc-select or cua-mode
>> or similar, because C-a on windows is supposed to select the buffer.
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>>>
>>> C-e works as expected.
>>> Where is emacs overriding my C-a setting? I can't find it.
>>>
>>> Rainer
>>>
>>>
>>> Org-mode version 6.33trans
>>> GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2009-10-14 on
>>> LENNART-69DE564 (patched)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list
>>> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
>>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
>>
>> - Carsten
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Emacs-orgmode mailing list
>> Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list.
>> Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
>> http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
>>
>

- Carsten