From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: newbie: selecting a line in emacs Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:55:43 -0800 Message-ID: References: <4249B5EC.1000702@cc.iitb.ac.in> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112129987 11971 80.91.229.2 (29 Mar 2005 20:59:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 20:59:47 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Mar 29 22:59:44 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DGNnL-0000cO-Mw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 22:58:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DGO3i-00019S-1O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:15:34 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DGO0v-0000BF-J2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:12:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DGO0q-00008r-Lr for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:12:39 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DGO0q-00007m-Et for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:12:36 -0500 Original-Received: from [148.87.122.33] (helo=rgminet04.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1DGNkp-0003al-09 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:56:03 -0500 Original-Received: from rgminet04.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgminet04.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id j2TKtmVA003091; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:55:48 -0700 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.49]) by rgminet04.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id j2TKtkwQ003051; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:55:47 -0700 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with ESMTP id j2TKtjjJ001669; Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:55:46 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-whq-csvpn-gw3-141-144-82-65.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.82.65]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.4/Switch-3.1.0) with SMTP id j2TKtiY3001645 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:55:44 -0700 Original-To: "Saket Sathe" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <4249B5EC.1000702@cc.iitb.ac.in> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE 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:25275 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25275 >C-a C-SPC C-e It works! But isnt there a shorter/better way of doing it . Yes, triple-click the line with the mouse (MB1). Of course, that's only easier if you use the mouse often - if you keep your hands on the keyboard, then triple-clicking is harder, not easier. - Drew