From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pascal Bourguignon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: newbie: selecting a line in emacs Date: 29 Mar 2005 23:51:11 +0200 Organization: [posted via Easynet Spain] Message-ID: <87r7hyt92o.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> References: <4249AECC.3080202@cc.iitb.ac.in> <6dbd4d0005032911533982e43d@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112133528 23009 80.91.229.2 (29 Mar 2005 21:58:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 21:58:48 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 29 23:58:43 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DGOjF-0000bF-EJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 23:58:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DGOzb-0006bW-KC for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:15:23 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!newsread.com!newsprint.newsread.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!feed.news.tiscali.de!easynet-quince!easynet.net!easynet-post2!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Lines: 38 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.93.174.79 Original-X-Trace: DXC=La4H=iWn^D^]125j1;`mAQSiHWb3f14:SbBd4DjF1d]Q Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:129724 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:25278 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25278 Saket Sathe writes: > >On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 01:08:52 +0530, Saket Sathe wrote: > > > >>How do I select an entire line in emacs for yanking/pasting etc. > > Denis Bueno wrote: > > >C-a C-SPC C-e > > It works! But isnt there a shorter/better way of doing it . \ = mouse-down / = mouse-up _ = drag Triple-left-click on the line works as well in emacs in X as in any other GUI application \/\/\/ . To select a single word, double-left-click on the word: \/\/ . You can also select several words: double-left-click on the first word and drag up to the last word \/\_______/ . Also, you can put the mark with single-left-click \/ , and move the point with single-right-click \/ . In X, the selection is automatically "copied", you can paste it with middle-click \/ pointing to the place where you want it pasted, or "yanking" with C-y. -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/