Hi,
I'd like to propose a patchset that addresses some issues raised in
https://teddit.zaggy.nl/r/orgmode/comments/10b6ue6/orgmode_is_so_bad_at_rearranging_items_in_an/
1. When acting on region, promotion, demotion, and other structure
editing commands immediately deactivate selection. It is annoying
when one wants to promote several headings togetehr multiple times.
2. M-<up>/<down> on region does not care if there are headings inside
region and simply treats region as plain text:
* Heading 1
text
** Sub
* <mark>Heading 2
* Heading 3<point>
{M-<up>}
* Heading 1
text
* Heading 2
* Heading 3
** Sub
The patchset below addresses (2) by making org-metaup/org-metadown
aware of headings in region (when region starts at heading).
In addition, it alters M-<left>/M-<right>/M-<up>/M-<down> to not
deactivate active selection (Transient mark mode). This way, one can
issue, say, M-<right> repeatedly without having to re-select
everything.
Similarly, bulk editing commands like setting schedule, deadline,
tags, and todo do not deactivate region.
I'd appreciate testing on edge cases and ideas for tests.
Ihor Radchenko (4):
Preserve active region after structure edits
Preserve active region when toggling heading state
org-metaup, org-metadown: Move subtrees in active region
org-manual.org: Document changes in 8f6fcd709, 5719a8163, and
eda9909a9
etc/ORG-NEWS | 20 ++++++
lisp/org-list.el | 3 +-
lisp/org.el | 146 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
testing/lisp/test-org.el | 54 +++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-)
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