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Re: copying and pasting in emacs
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lore |
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Re: copying and pasting in emacs |
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Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:57:56 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
luca pamparana wrote:
> For example, one thing I normally need to do is select from the
> current position upto the next few words. Normally, I just press shift
> + ctrl and the left or right arrow key and the editor would highlight
> one word at a time. I have so far been unable to figure out how to
> highlight text in emacs using the keyboard.
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| C-@ runs the command set-mark-command, which is an interactive
| compiled Lisp function.
|
| It is bound to C-SPC, C-@.
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Then you can move (M-b, M-f, C-p, C-n or so...)
Do not forget transient-mark-mode.
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