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Deleting a region within an org table causes point to jump.
Recipe:
Emacs -Q
org-mode
;make a table
| this is a simple | table |
double-click "simple" ;place region over a word
<backspace>
With the last command, I expect the word "simple" to be deleted, the
right-hand "|" separator (and following column) to close up six chars,
and point to end up to the right of "a ".
Note however that point winds up in the middle of the next column over
the word "table". Or, more precisely, one screen column to the left of
where it started. An additional space is also inserted in the first
column.
I had a look at org.el and I think this occurs because the function
`org-delete-backward-char' (which my system calls by default to delete
text in a table) is unaware of the region and treats the case above as a
single char backwards delete.
Tweaking the function like this seems to help.
--- a/src/org.el 2017-06-06 03:25:46.000000000 +1200
+++ b/src/org.el 2017-08-13 15:52:32.000000000 +1200
@@ -20243,6 +20243,7 @@
(org-check-before-invisible-edit 'delete-backward)
(if (and (org-at-table-p)
(eq N 1)
+ (not (org-region-active-p))
(string-match "|" (buffer-substring (point-at-bol) (point)))
(looking-at ".*?|"))
(let ((pos (point))
The situation is the same with org 9.0.9 and master.
Emacs : GNU Emacs 25.2.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin16.7.0, Carbon Version 157 AppKit
1504.83)
of 2017-08-12
Package: Org mode version 9.0.8 (9.0.8-dist @ /Users/nick/.emacs.d/lisp/org/)
current state:
==============
(setq
org-export-backends '(ascii html latex odt)
org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe
org-babel-header-arg-expand)
org-adapt-indentation nil
org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook
org-babel-speed-command-hook)
org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter)
org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe)
org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
org-image-actual-width 150
org-startup-align-all-tables t
org-startup-folded nil
org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current)
org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer
org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer)
org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text)
org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer)
org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
[add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append
local] 5]
#[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207"
[add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all
append local] 5]
org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes
(lambda nil
(face-remap-add-relative (quote font-lock-comment-face)
(quote org-comment))
(font-lock-add-keywords nil
(quote (("^\\s-*\\([+-]\\|[0-9]+\\.\\)\\s-" 1 (quote
org-list-bullet)))))
)
)
org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe)
org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers
org-cycle-show-empty-lines
org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change)
org-fontify-quote-and-verse-blocks t
org-export-before-parsing-hook '((lambda (x) (setq org-odt-styles-dir
nh-emacs-etc)))
org-catch-invisible-edits 'show
org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p
org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe)
org-link-parameters '(("id" :follow org-id-open)
("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store
org-rmail-store-link)
("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link)
("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link)
("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export
:store org-info-store-link)
("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link)
("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export
org-docview-export :store
org-docview-store-link)
("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store
org-bibtex-store-link)
("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export
:complete
org-bbdb-complete-link :store org-bbdb-store-link)
("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("file+sys")
("file+emacs")
("doi" :follow org--open-doi-link) ("elisp" :follow
org--open-elisp-link)
("file" :complete org-file-complete-link)
("ftp" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat "ftp:"
path))))
("help" :follow org--open-help-link)
("http" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat
"http:" path))))
("https" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat
"https:" path))))
("mailto" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat
"mailto:"; path))))
("message" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat
"message:" path))))
("news" :follow (lambda (path) (browse-url (concat
"news:"; path))))
("shell" :follow org--open-shell-link))
org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer)
org-descriptive-links nil
)
