#1 2018-03-09 14:29:55

ateymuri

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Ctrl + Shift + A in Emacs does not work

I can't use Ctrl + Shift + A in Emacs (to select from where the pointer is to the beginning of the line). How can i enable it so that when i am in Emacs it works?

ZeroFK

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Re: Ctrl + Shift + A in Emacs does not work

It could be that the key is not bound correctly in Emacs, or that it is defined as an OpenBox shortcut.  In the latter case, Emacs won't even see the key.

If you press C-h k C-S-a in Emacs, do you get the help for "C-a (translated from C-S-a) runs the command move-beginning-of-line," or do you see something else?  That "(translated from C-S-a)" is important.

Also make sure that variable shift-select-mode is t.

Finally, are you using a graphical Emacs, or in a terminal?  I found several posts about shift-selection not working in terminal mode, e.g. https://s2-forums.vandyke.com/showthread.php?t=5645  This is also the behaviour I see: it works in graphical mode, but not when running emacs in a terminal.  The solutions (if any) all seem to suggest re-binding those keys yourself.

Martin

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Re: Ctrl + Shift + A in Emacs does not work

I can't use Ctrl + Shift + A in Emacs (to select from where the pointer is to the beginning of the line). How can i enable it so that when i am in Emacs it works?

In graphical mode this works as advertised for me.

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Re: Ctrl + Shift + A in Emacs does not work

As a side note: https://openlibra.com/en/book/gnu-emacs-manual

Long live RMS!

ateymuri

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Registered: 2018-03-09

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Re: Ctrl + Shift + A in Emacs does not work

It could be that the key is not bound correctly in Emacs, or that it is defined as an OpenBox shortcut.  In the latter case, Emacs won't even see the key.

If you press C-h k C-S-a in Emacs, do you get the help for "C-a (translated from C-S-a) runs the command move-beginning-of-line," or do you see something else?  That "(translated from C-S-a)" is important.

Also make sure that variable shift-select-mode is t.

Finally, are you using a graphical Emacs, or in a terminal?  I found several posts about shift-selection not working in terminal mode, e.g. https://s2-forums.vandyke.com/showthread.php?t=5645  This is also the behaviour I see: it works in graphical mode, but not when running emacs in a terminal.  The solutions (if any) all seem to suggest re-binding those keys yourself.

The shift-select-mode is t. However when i do C-h k C-S-a nothing happens, which means the keybinding is not set, which is strange. I am using the GUI version of emacs.