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: Emacs keyboard command Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:49:36 -0700 Message-ID: References: <49a7b$44e5d6da$49fa2e8$5457@DIALUPUSA.NET> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1155916367 20929 80.91.229.2 (18 Aug 2006 15:52:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 15:52:47 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 18 17:52:44 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GE6co-0001ev-Br for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:51:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GE6cn-0000yL-RU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:51:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GE6bc-0008EM-7B for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:49:56 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GE6bY-00089K-Dd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:49:55 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GE6bY-000896-82 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:49:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.67] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GE6iH-0007gw-W9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:56:50 -0400 Original-Received: from [148.87.113.118] (helo=rgminet01.oracle.com) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GE6bW-0001iE-Ak for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:49:50 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (rgmgw1.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.110]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.6/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id k7IFnlQt003495 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:49:47 -0600 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dhcp-amer-csvpn-gw2-141-144-73-155.vpn.oracle.com [141.144.73.155]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id k7IFnkpr019431 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:49:46 -0600 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 In-Reply-To: <49a7b$44e5d6da$49fa2e8$5457@DIALUPUSA.NET> Importance: Normal X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE 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:36761 Archived-At: All that I really want from the PC behaviour is incremental = highlighting of line / region after C-(Mark set) ... C-f, M-f or whatever. = I don't use any other PC style key assignments as they stomp on the = emacs ones. Transient-mark mode will give you that behavior, on its own.=20 You might also want to try delete-selection mode, which gives you = transient-mark mode, plus type-to-replace and quick region delete, but = without changing your key bindings as PC selection mode does. = Delete-selection mode is very good, IMO.=20 See also: * Node Graphical Kill in the Emacs manual (yes, that's a crazy name for = the node). * http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/DeleteSelectionMode.