NEdit problem in Mandriva 2007/KDE

[Carlie J. Coats]

I've just installed Mandriva 2007/x86_64 on a new IBM Intellistation A
(dual Opteron 280's), and find I'm having a problem with commands like
"Shift Left" and "Shift Right" in NEdit:  when I select a set of lines,
and do the shift -- once! -- and the selection disappears, so that one
has to re-select in order to shift more than one column (and that just
one column at a time).

This not only happens with a local "nedit" but also with remote
"nedit"s -- in this case,

NEdit 5.5
Sep 30, 2004

      Built on: Linux, 386, GNU C
      Built at: Oct  1 2004, 15:55:40
    With Motif: 2.1.30 [@(#)Motif Version 2.1.30]
Running Motif: 2.1 [unknown]
        Server: The X.Org Foundation 70101000
        Visual: 24-bit TrueColor (ID 0x23, Default)
        Locale: en_US.UTF-8

and

NEdit 5.4
Nov 20, 2003

      Built on: IRIX, MIPS, Unknown
      Built at: Feb 14 2000, 17:37:18
    With Motif: 1.2.4 [@(#)OSF/Motif Version 1.2.4]
Running Motif: 1.2 [unknown]
        Server: The X.Org Foundation 70101000
        Visual: 24-bit TrueColor (ID 0x23, Default)
        Locale: C

Any suggestions how to go back to the previous (selection stays
active during shift operation) behavior?

[I had trouble with "Attempt to paste from unlocked copy buffer"
messages on Mandriva's native "nedit" on this machine, and instead
installed from the "nedit" home-page download, btw.]

Thanks!!  --

Carlie J. Coats, Jr.
Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC.