Re: [Orgmode] Bug with cua-mode & org-support-shift-select

[Ryan Thompson]

Vanilla emacs now has shift selection (as of version 23?), so try
disabling shift select in CUA and enabling the standard shift select.

M-x customize-variable shift-select-mode

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Ivan Vanyushkin <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I want to use C-x/C-c/C-v and Shift-arrows selection with org-mode.
>
> GNU Emacs 23.1.50.1, org-mode 6.34, .emacs:
> (cua-mode 1)
> (setq org-support-shift-select t)
>
> If this two options are on, then Shift key selection with arrow keys doesn't
> work: no selection, just cursor movements. According to
> http://orgmode.org/manual/Conflicts.html I think that org-mode should
> support CUA. If not, what can you suggest for correct support of C-x/C-c/C-v
> + org-support-shift-select?
>
> As far as I can say, the reason of problem is there:
>
> In org.el:
> (defun org-call-for-shift-select (cmd)
>  (let ((this-command-keys-shift-translated t))
>    (call-interactively cmd)))
>
> Called like this: (org-call-for-shift-select 'forward-char)
>
> In cua-base.el Shift key is detected like this:
>    (memq 'shift (event-modifiers
>              (aref (this-single-command-raw-keys) 0)))
> binded as pre-command-hook.
>
> So, I think, Shift key is just not detected by CUA, and need a way to set
> it's flag. Sorry, I don't know emacs lisp.
>
> Thank you for your suggestions.
>
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