Re: [PATCH 0/4] Structure editing when region is active

[Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>]

not really related, but wrt structure editing, is there anything that
preserves integrity of levels?  [my old maint version allows double
demotion [perhaps this is related to inline tasks], and i wonder about
org-yank, and org-lint does not complain.]

i have encountered cases in org where i find it annoying htat i hae to
c-g to stop transient mark mode.  will report if able.


On 1/15/23, Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> wrote:
> 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(-)
>
> --
> Ihor Radchenko // yantar92,
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>
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