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

[Ihor Radchenko]

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(-)

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