Re: [O] Problem with shift-up

[Ista Zahn]

On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 11:10 AM, Peter Frings <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi gang,
>
> sorry to bother you all again, but my transition to the new emacs is now 
> taking days and I’m getting really frustrated.
>
> I’m trying to find out why shift-arrow on a date/time stamp no longer works 
> with my brand new and shiny set-up.
>
> Emacs 23, org-mode 7.7.
>
> When running a minimal set-up (as described on the worg-FAQ), the 
> shift-arrows keys work as expected: they change the date and time values in 
> org’s timestamps.
>
> When loading the starter-kit from Kieran Healy [1], things are not so smooth. 
> I’ve been disabling all possible packages, trying to isolate the culprit, but 
> to no avail. I searched the web and this mailing list, and found someone else 
> with the same problem [2], but alas, no conclusive answer.
>
> In both cases, 'shift-select-mode’ is t.
>
> With the minimal set-up,  S-up is bound to this (using C-h k):
> <S-up> runs the command org-shiftup, which is an interactive compiled
> Lisp function in `org.el’.
>
> With the starter-kit, it’s:
> <up> (translated from <S-up>) runs the command previous-line, which is
> an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple.el’.

(windmove-default-keybindings) is called in
starter-kit-keybindings.org, and this does take of the shift +
direction keys. The 'Helpful packages' section of starter-kit-org.org
also looks suspicious.

Best,
Ista

>
> What the heck is ‘translating’ this key binding? How can I find the guilty 
> one so I can do very cruel things to it?
>
> Pointers very much appreciated!
> Peter.
>
> [1] http://kjhealy.github.com/emacs-starter-kit/
> [2] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/34329
>
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Ista Zahn
Graduate student
University of Rochester
Department of Clinical and Social Psychology
http://yourpsyche.org