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From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
To: andrew.tao@gmail.com
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: hang while marking large region
Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 20:51:22 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CEE0E3FB-3F73-4B6E-AF17-1A6D79322575@Web.DE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e9442b3b-db08-49f9-bbe4-594d702b1b18@k1g2000prb.googlegroups.com>


Am 09.05.2008 um 18:45 schrieb andrew.tao:

> any ideas for a workaround?


Make the buffer read-write. Remove with delete-region (does not add  
to kill-ring) what you don't want. Save the remainder, the useful  
part, in a new file. This file can be included in other files or  
buffers.

Can you copy to a register in XEmacs, C-x r x <register>?

--
Greetings

   Pete

Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except  
study for that instructor's course.
				– Fourth Law of Applied Terror





  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-05-10 18:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-05-09 16:45 hang while marking large region andrew.tao
2008-05-09 16:50 ` Sven Joachim
2008-05-09 17:50   ` Dan Espen
2008-05-10 18:51 ` Peter Dyballa [this message]
2008-05-12 14:18 ` Joel J. Adamson
     [not found] ` <mailman.11507.1210601915.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-05-12 15:01   ` David Kastrup
2008-05-12 16:09     ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-05-12 16:46       ` David Kastrup
2008-05-12 15:41   ` Dan Espen
2008-05-12 17:50     ` Joel J. Adamson

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