From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Frank Schmitt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: marking using shifted arrow keys (CUA mode) Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:54:22 +0200 Organization: Hamme net, kren mer och nimmi Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1184745301 7124 80.91.229.12 (18 Jul 2007 07:55:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 07:55:01 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 18 09:54:58 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1IB4N4-0007z2-RD for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:54:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IB4N4-0000wa-7T for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:54:54 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IB4Mz-0000ty-Op for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:54:49 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IB4Mx-0000qR-1Q for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:54:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IB4Mw-0000qM-Qs for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:54:46 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IB4Mw-00083c-Dc for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:54:46 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1IB4Ms-0006vR-Ba for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:54:42 +0200 Original-Received: from dhcp233.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.71.233]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:54:42 +0200 Original-Received: from ich by dhcp233.uni-koblenz.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 18 Jul 2007 09:54:42 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 27 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp233.uni-koblenz.de X-Face: :EL9TzGRN){7|oE2~xQ8Q(VjpjsXgX$~gi&rYD5J5p)$w\Thdl~v:7h`/n)J!8nXT%_+Wj6}@EHM8}QbA(9nX-wrQ:ch1%DauV[?kFasXUcnL#+"K8zOx&$@/M'/}, q-eztaJra1|?C+p$h\2XnK-HB"8_U List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:75044 Archived-At: Reiner Steib writes: > On Tue, Jul 17 2007, Frank Schmitt wrote: > >> Reiner Steib writes: >> >>> for a colleague, I was looking for an option to mark text using >>> shifted arrow keys (, ) in Emacs 22.1. > [...] >> No need for cua-mode, there's pc-selection-mode, which does just this. > > According to the doc string, it does much more. Yes, it simulations the behavior of KDE, Gnome and Windows apps which is probably what users who are accustomed to those systems want. > As `pc-selection-mode' is not mentioned in the manual at all and no > significant changes have been made to `pc-select.el' sind 2002, I > guess that CUA is preferred nowadays. Perhaps there were no changes since it just works? -- Did you ever realize how much text fits in eighty columns? If you now consider that a signature usually consists of up to four lines, this gives you enough space to spread a tremendous amount of information with your messages. So seize this opportunity and don't waste your signature with bullshit nobody will read.