Re: [bug] select TODO items and unexpected behaviour

[Mario Frasca <mario@anche.no>]

if I change those 'right and 'left, to :right and :left, the handling 
them over and over as symbols will not start confusing them as 
variables, and keep them as symbols.

On 27/06/2020 16:43, Mario Frasca wrote:
> this behaviour comes after somehow my 
> `org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region' became nil.
>
> if I set it back to t, I get the message "Symbol's value as variable 
> is void: right".
>
> I had enabled debugging, and my guess is that this might have left the 
> value of `org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region' at the 
> "inside-looping" setting.  just guessing.
>
> On 27/06/2020 16:16, Mario Frasca wrote:
>> when I select subsequent TODO items, whole lines, and I do M-<right>, 
>> they get demoted by one star, so something like
>>
>> * header
>> <point>* a1
>> * a2
>> * a3
>> <mark>* header
>>
>> after I hit M-<right> will become
>>
>> * header
>> <point>** a1
>> ** a2
>> ** a3
>> <mark>* header
>>
>> which is what I expected, even if I would not expect the region to be 
>> deactivated.
>>
>> but if I now reactivate the region, andhit S-<right> (that's 
>> shift-right), the effect is only at the <point>, not on the selection:
>>
>> * header
>> <point>** TODO a1
>> ** a2
>> ** a3
>> <mark>* header
>>
>> I would have expected all lines to get the TODO.Same effect, if I hit 
>> C-c C-t: only the line at the point gets the TODO status rotated.
>>
>> looks like a bug to me, but I would not know where to start looking 
>> for how to fix this.
>>
>> Mario
>>