This sounds like a bug in the implementation of the shift-left and shift-right keybindings.
If you can give some kind of a step by step procedure to get into the bad state, then I think we can probably fix it. Robby On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 6:16 AM, bhrgunatha <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm having a problem editing programs using DrRacket. This happened once > before but went away after re-installing. [1]. > > I'm having the same issue again. Basically the behaviour of text selection > is changes while I open and edit different files running a single instance > of DrRacket. > > If I select some text and then press SHIFT+Left instead of altering the > selection based on the current cursor position, the selection is extended > left from the beginning of the text currently selected. > > Similarly for SHIFT+Right - it extends the text selection one character to > the right from the end of the selection rather than the current cursor > position. Same for SHIFT+Down, SHIFT+Up. > > Is there some key binding or setting in DrRacket that controls the way > text selection is handled that I am accidentally hitting? > > It doesn't happen in any other editor - it's specific to DrRacket. > > If I quit DrRacket and re-open it normal operation continues for a while > again. I don't know if it's a bug or some setting in DrRacket that I am > unaware of. > > My current specs are: > Arch Linux 64 bit: > Linux 3.10.10-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT x86_64 GNU/Linux > > DrRacket 5.3.6. > (This is a version I compiled myself - but it's the same using the Arch > binary package - racket 5.3.6-1) > > Can someone offer any advice? > > Bhrgunatha > > [1] http://article.gmane.org/**gmane.comp.lang.racket.user/** > 17034/match=bhrgunatha<http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.racket.user/17034/match=bhrgunatha> > ____________________ > Racket Users list: > http://lists.racket-lang.org/**users <http://lists.racket-lang.org/users> >
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