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commit da4b7e430f2ff5704db55fbe3b94236daca4eb19
parent e771503ee5b83816847c153889652595b144e245
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date:   Mon, 21 Jan 2019 12:18:37 +0100

files: retain a Shift-selected region when switching between buffers

The user did not move the cursor nor intend to move the cursor, so
leave things as they are.

This fixes https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?55535.
Indirectly-reported-by: David Lawrence Ramsey <pooka109@gmail.com>

Diffstat:
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src/files.c
 | 
3
+++

1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
@@ -661,6 +661,9 @@ void switch_to_adjacent_buffer(bool to_next)
 	/* Ensure that the main loop will redraw the help lines. */
 	currmenu = MMOST;
 
+	/* Prevent a possible Shift selection from getting cancelled. */
+	shift_held = TRUE;
+
 	/* Indicate on the status bar where we switched to. */
 	mention_name_and_linecount();
 }