From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#23642: 24.5; Dired Line Movement, Region Handling Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 16:22:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <97caf944-6fe6-4c3c-a8c8-90a890047f67@default> References: <79ec4788-6eea-e9a1-afeb-2bbb278cba8e@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1464477808 7588 80.91.229.3 (28 May 2016 23:23:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 23:23:28 +0000 (UTC) To: Michael Cain , 23642@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun May 29 01:23:15 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1b6nZa-0000YK-Uo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 29 May 2016 01:23:15 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54411 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b6nZZ-0002TP-V0 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 19:23:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56151) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b6nZT-0002R8-K8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 19:23:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b6nZO-0005uV-Hs for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 19:23:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:32783) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b6nZO-0005uN-EQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 19:23:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b6nZO-0001ax-6o for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 19:23:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 28 May 2016 23:23:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23642 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 23642-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23642.14644777726098 (code B ref 23642); Sat, 28 May 2016 23:23:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23642) by debbugs.gnu.org; 28 May 2016 23:22:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45120 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b6nZD-0001aH-Td for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 19:22:52 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:48290) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b6nZB-0001a1-Ms for 23642@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 28 May 2016 19:22:50 -0400 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u4SNMhXD000332 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 28 May 2016 23:22:43 GMT Original-Received: from userv0121.oracle.com (userv0121.oracle.com [156.151.31.72]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u4SNMgpn027717 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sat, 28 May 2016 23:22:43 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0018.oracle.com (abhmp0018.oracle.com [141.146.116.24]) by userv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u4SNMfD3015332; Sat, 28 May 2016 23:22:42 GMT In-Reply-To: <79ec4788-6eea-e9a1-afeb-2bbb278cba8e@gmail.com> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6744.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:118823 Archived-At: > I find myself using the writable feature of Dired rather frequently, but > one default of Dired's up/down movement (specifically the shift > selection in Transient Mark mode) is difficult to work around. That is, > I very often try to hold down shift and proceed down lines to create a > region, but this doesn't work by default. What do you mean that it does not work by default. Is this what you tried? C-a ; To move to bol C-SPC ; To activate the region ... ; To extend the region downward. (Or `C-n' instead of `'.) What did you try, what did it do, and what did you expect it to do? > I've temporarily solved this by making wrapper functions around > `dired-next-line' and `dired-previous-line' that handle the shift > selection Were you describing WDired (editable Dired, after `C-x C-q') or Dired? In the former, and `C-n' are bound to `wdired-next-line', not `dired-next-line'.