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: Copy&paste text from native application into emacs? Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:49:17 -0700 Message-ID: References: <87y878kiwu.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> 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 1123779503 12696 80.91.229.2 (11 Aug 2005 16:58:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:58:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 11 18:58:12 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E3GNb-0000Rw-Nk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:58:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E3GQm-0005jD-B3 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:01:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E3GNj-0004dw-VK for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:58:16 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E3GNZ-0004XG-0j for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:58:06 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E3GNY-0004TC-PD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 12:58:04 -0400 Original-Received: from [148.87.122.31] (helo=rgminet02.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1E3GTV-0002er-OH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:04:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet02.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgminet02.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id j7BGnJGV018457 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:49:19 -0600 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.49]) by rgminet02.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id j7BGnIHa018425 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:49:18 -0600 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id j7BGnHcx004998 for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:49:18 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dradams-lap.us.oracle.com [130.35.177.126]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id j7BGnHLj004993 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 11 Aug 2005 10:49:17 -0600 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <87y878kiwu.fsf@thalassa.informatimago.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 Importance: Normal 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:28658 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:28658 > I'm very new to emacs and I wonder how I can copy some text from my > webbrowser into an emacs buffer? To paste is called yank in emacs. (To copy is called kill-ring-save M-w and to cut is called kill-region C-w, but if you use emacs on X, then everytime you select (mark) a region, it's automatically "copied"). Helpful answer - the vocabulary can be confusing. This kind of question (basics, terminology etc.) is dealt with very well in both the Emacs manual and the newbie page on EmacsWiki. Suggestion - How about adding a one-line footer automatically to each post here: Newbie info: 1) Control-h i Emacs 2) http://www.emacswiki.org/ It would add 62 bytes of traffic to each post, but it might cut down on lots of newbie Q&A, and, more importantly, it would help teach people to fish for themselves (instead of teaching them to feed here). Don't get me wrong. All questions about Emacs are welcome here, no matter how basic. My point is that this could help people by steering them to existing explanations of some stuff. (We can also update the wiki with the useful Q&A that arises here - anyone can contribute.) [The text quoted above is an example of a newbie Q&A, even though the complete thread shows that this particular Q&A is not so simple as it might appear - Apple key sequences etc. My point here is a general one.]