Thanks Nick, I confirmed later that `C-c *` worked over region for me too.


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Kaushal Modi

On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:

> Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:
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> > I realized that the default binding `C-c *` works only on the current
> line, not the whole selection (and the same applies to the opposite `C-c
> -`).
> >
> > It would be great to have those commands work over a region too.
> >
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> I don't think that's right - at least, when I tried it with a region, it
> worked. I just didn't know about it (or, more likely, didn't remember it)
> before Christian mentioned it.
>
> The docstring for the function says:
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> ,----
> | org-toggle-heading is an interactive Lisp function in
> | ‘../org-mode/lisp/org.el’.
> |
> | (org-toggle-heading &optional NSTARS)
> |
> | Convert headings to normal text, or items or text to headings.
> | If there is no active region, only convert the current line.
> `----
>
> Is transient mark mode enabled? I think it's enabled by default
> nowadays, but maybe you turned it off?
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> Nick
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