From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Harkins Subject: Too clumsy to promote/demote a region by multiple levels Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:40:22 +0800 Message-ID: <87r4wqwp95.wl%jamshark70@dewdrop-world.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI 1.14.6 - "Maruoka") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58591) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S96yw-0006MF-2u for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:40:35 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S96yt-0001u5-Vo for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:40:33 -0400 Received: from mail-iy0-f169.google.com ([209.85.210.169]:35388) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S96yt-0001tm-Nd for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 23:40:31 -0400 Received: by iajr24 with SMTP id r24so9082557iaj.0 for ; Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:40:30 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Is there a reason why M-left and M-right (promote/demote tree headings) deactivate the selected region? That is, if I use C-space and move the point to select a number of headings, and I want to demote them by three levels, currently after hitting M-right, the region goes away -- so I actually have to do C-space (move the point) M-right C-space (move the point) M-right C-space (move the point) M-right But I would like to be able to do C-space (move the point) M-right M-right M-right Is this possible? I know that if there is no freestanding text underneath the headings, I could use C-x r t to add more *'s, but that breaks in a region where one or more lines are not headings. I tried (on a whim) C-u 3 M-right, but the universal argument is ignored here. Thanks, James -- James Harkins /// dewdrop world jamshark70@dewdrop-world.net http://www.dewdrop-world.net "Come said the Muse, Sing me a song no poet has yet chanted, Sing me the universal." -- Whitman blog: http://www.dewdrop-world.net/words audio clips: http://www.dewdrop-world.net/audio more audio: http://soundcloud.com/dewdrop_world/tracks