how to select an area to delete ?

how to select an area to delete ?

[horse_rivers]

hi:

  If I want to delete an area  with several lines ， how to made these lines selected ,then delete them?


thanks!

Re: how to select an area to delete ?

[Dani Moncayo]

>   If I want to delete an area  with several lines ， how to made these lines selected

Move point to that area and type `C-h' (which is bound to the command
`mark-paragraph').

>,then delete them?

To _delete_ the text without storing it in the kill ring, type the DEL
(aka "backspace").
To _kill_ the text so that you may re-insert it at some point if you
want, type `C-w'.

-- 
Dani Moncayo

Re: how to select an area to delete ?

[Dani Moncayo]

On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>   If I want to delete an area  with several lines ， how to made these lines selected
>
> Move point to that area and type `C-h' (which is bound to the command
> `mark-paragraph').

I'm assuming that your "area" is what Emacs consider a "paragraph",
i.e. several consecutive lines which are isolated from the rest of the
text with empty lines.

If that's not your case, mark the region as Barry said.


-- 
Dani Moncayo

Re: how to select an area to delete ?

[Dani Moncayo]

> On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>   If I want to delete an area  with several lines ， how to made these lines selected
>>
>> Move point to that area and type `C-h' (which is bound to the command
                                     ^^^
I mean `M-h', sorry.

>> `mark-paragraph').
>
> I'm assuming that your "area" is what Emacs consider a "paragraph",
> i.e. several consecutive lines which are isolated from the rest of the
> text with empty lines.
>
> If that's not your case, mark the region as Barry said.
>
>
> --
> Dani Moncayo



-- 
Dani Moncayo

Re: how to select an area to delete ?

[Stefan Monnier]

>   If I want to delete an area  with several lines ， how to made these lines
> selected ,then delete them?

You might like to try the online interactive tutorial (via C-h t, or
"Help => Emacs tutorial" in the menu).  It will explain this among
other things.


        Stefan

Re: how to select an area to delete ?

[Jambunathan K]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>   If I want to delete an area  with several lines ， how to made these lines
>> selected ,then delete them?
>
> You might like to try the online interactive tutorial (via C-h t, or
> "Help => Emacs tutorial" in the menu).  It will explain this among
> other things.

Emacs guided tour is also a good resource:

        http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/tour/

>
>
>         Stefan
>
>
>

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Re: how to select an area to delete ?

[Nicolas FRANCOIS]

Le Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:08:49 +0800 (CST),
horse_rivers <horse_rivers@126.com> a écrit :

> hi:
> 
>   If I want to delete an area  with several lines ， how to made
> these lines selected ,then delete them?
> 
> 
> thanks!
> 

Try to read help on rectangles operations, too !

C-x r C-h for help.

\bye

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Re: how to select an area to delete ?

[Barry Margolin]

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In article <mailman.17870.1358574015.855.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
 horse_rivers <horse_rivers@126.com> wrote:

> ﾊ If I want to delete an area ﾊwith several lines ， how to made these lines 
> selected ,then delete them?

Mark one end with Ctl-space, go to the other end, type C-w.

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