cua-mode rectangle selection and M-ijkl movement

[Kirill Lapshin]

Hello everyone,

I'm using ergoemacs-mode and loving it. I've disabled standard arrow movements and backspace to force myself using more ergonomic M- bindings. Every once in a while I want to use rectangle selection. I'm using standard emacs C-x r k and friends, but wanted to give fancy cua-mode selection a try. I've added (cua-selection-mode t) before enabling ergoemacs-mode, as per https://ergoemacs.github.io/minor-modes.html. I can start rectangle selection with C-RET just fine, however it insists on using arrows (which are disabled) for point movement. All special cua bindings have been remapped to super as far as I understand, so why M-ijkl are not mapped for movement?

Regards,
Kirill

[Matthew Fidler]

They should be.  Last time I checked they were.  Perhaps you can share your configuration  and what version of ergoemacs you were using.

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[Pranas M.]

Hi,

I'm newbie trying to make Emacs work and have exact same problem. Adding my current init.el.
After C-RET, moving with arrows works as expected, but
M-j   = works as intended
M-k  = kills region
M-l   = quits
M-i   = does nothing

[Matthew Fidler]

What version of Emacs? 

[Pranas M.]

GNU Emacs 25.2.2 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.21) of 2017-09-22, modified by Debian

[Matthew Fidler]

You are right.  I couldn't figure out why within a few moments.

I know that cua-mode does some very fancy things with keys, so I can't get it working easily in a few moments.

Might I suggest multiple cursor for rectangle-like editing.  It isn't quite the same as cua's rectangle mode, though.  Still it is working for me using ergoemacs-mode.