Active region not highlighted

Active region not highlighted

[bernie]

In my installation of GNU Emacs on Windows XP (version 22.3.1), I have
transient-mark-mode set to non-nil, but if I set mark and move point
with the arrow keys on my keyboard the region is not highlighted. If I
use the C-f, C-b, etc keys, then the region is highlighted as I
expect.
I'm too used to using the arrow keys now, so what's different about
the function key and normal key bindings that causes the different
behaviour?

Re: Active region not highlighted

[Chetan]

bernie <b.schelberg@gmail.com> writes:

> In my installation of GNU Emacs on Windows XP (version 22.3.1), I have
> transient-mark-mode set to non-nil, but if I set mark and move point
> with the arrow keys on my keyboard the region is not highlighted. If I
> use the C-f, C-b, etc keys, then the region is highlighted as I
> expect.
> I'm too used to using the arrow keys now, so what's different about
> the function key and normal key bindings that causes the different
> behaviour?
What functions do the arrow keys invoke?
-- 
Chetan

Re: Active region not highlighted

[bernie]

Ahhh, forgive me. I have used XEmacs for years, but haven't learnt
much about customization yet. Looks like it's about time I did...
The arrow keys were bound to backward-char-nomark, etc., not backward-
char.
Thanks for the clue...