From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Copy and Pasting in Emacs... Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 13:44:35 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <94740f05.0403071520.5069e469@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1079004831 10307 80.91.224.253 (11 Mar 2004 11:33:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:33:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 11 12:33:43 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1B1ORb-0003Fk-00 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 12:33:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1B1Mxg-0000A7-Fx for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 04:58:44 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.84 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1078753475 132.204.24.84 (Mon, 08 Mar 2004 08:44:35 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 08:44:35 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:121529 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17523 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17523 > To copy a line in emacs i > (a)put the cursor at the beginning of the line > (b)press CTRL+SPACEBAR > (c)put the cursor at the end of the line > (d)press ALT+W (where ALT = metakey) > (e)press CTRL-Y [...] > I open up Emacs on this remote machine. > But the steps (a) to (e) above will not work, i cannot copy a line. I strongly suspect that not all of steps a to e fail. So if you tell us which step(s) fail(s), we might be able to help you a little better. My crystal ball tells me that maybe C-SPC is the culprit because it is not always supported by terminal emulators. Try C-@ instead. Or maybe it's the M-w that doesn't work because Alt is not properly mapped to Meta by the terminal emulator (it should be turned into an ESC char). Tell us also how you "put the cursor at ..." and what is the value of $TERM. Stefan "who'd use C-k C-y to copy and then C-y to yank"