--- a/.elisp/settings/50.preferences.el
+++ b/.elisp/settings/50.preferences.el
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@
     (set-face-attribute 'default nil :height 100)))
 )
 (af-gui-init)
+
 ;; use y or n instead of yes or no
 (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
+;; Enable narrow-to-region, which is disabled by default
+(put 'narrow-to-region 'disabled nil)
 
 ;; whitespace detection
 (setq whitespace-style '(trailing tabs lines-tail indentation trailing empty))