Re: Move selection up, down

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Drew Adams wrote:
>>> in Netbeans when you press M-S-up/M-S-down you move the 
>> selected text
>>> up/down. When nothing is selected it moves the current line.
>>>
>>> With C-S-up/C-S-down you copy the selection up/down. When 
>> nothings is
>>> selected it copies the current line up/down.
>>>
>>> Is such functionality available in emacs?
>>>
>>> Jiri Pejchal
>> Based on Jiri's question I suggest that the transpose-* 
>> commands should
>> be changed so that they transpose an active highlighted 
>> region according
>> to the amount given by the transpose-* name.
>>
>> Any thoughts about that?
> 
> Huh?
> 
> What will you do with `transpose-word', for instance, when there is an active
> region? I don't follow the suggestion. How about some examples?

Move the next or previous word (depending on which side of the region
you are on) to the other side of the region. Is not that a natural
extension?