From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Benjamin Rutt Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Copy and Pasting in Emacs... Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 21:42:19 -0500 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science 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 1078990453 10343 80.91.224.253 (11 Mar 2004 07:34:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 07:34:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 11 08:34:05 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 1B1Khh-0006Vl-00 for ; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:34:05 +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 1B1KVJ-0007MN-Gv for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 02:21:17 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!news-hog.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!news.cis.ohio-state.edu!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: mu.cis.ohio-state.edu Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hhwa6Zr8nZKp1GKKgfktZi/UAxw= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:121523 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:17516 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17516 googleaddress@yahoo.co.uk (Patrick) writes: > Anyone have any ideas where im going wrong? Im sure its pretty > trivial, ive searched the net but to no avail. Try it more manually, with keys that should work regardless of termcap/terminfo issues: (a) goto the beginning of a line (b) type Esc-x set-mark (c) goto the end of a line (d) press Esc-w (e) press Ctrl-y to yank -- Benjamin