Select an entire paragraph

Select an entire paragraph

[user]

Hello,
   Sorry if this is not the correct forum for this.  Is there a way to 
quickly select an entire paragraph (block of text surounded by 
new/blank) lines?

   TIA,

   John

Re: Select an entire paragraph

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 18.08.2005 um 23:19 schrieb user@domain.invalid:

>   Sorry if this is not the correct forum for this.  Is there a way to 
> quickly select an entire paragraph (block of text surounded by 
> new/blank) lines?
>

Four mouse clicks.

--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen

   Pete

Zukunft statt Zustand!

Re: Select an entire paragraph

[Denis Bueno]

On 8/18/05, user@domain.invalid <user@domain.invalid> wrote:
> Hello,
>    Sorry if this is not the correct forum for this.  Is there a way to
> quickly select an entire paragraph (block of text surounded by
> new/blank) lines?

When your point is inside the paragraph, either do:

   M-h

or

   M-x mark-paragraph

-Denis

Re: Select an entire paragraph

[Kevin Rodgers]

user@domain.invalid wrote:
 > Sorry if this is not the correct forum for this.  Is there a way to
 > quickly select an entire paragraph (block of text surounded by
 > new/blank) lines?

M-h M-w

-- 
Kevin Rodgers

Re: Select an entire paragraph

[Neon Absentius]

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 05:19:34PM -0400, user@domain.invalid wrote:
> Hello,
>   Sorry if this is not the correct forum for this.  Is there a way to 
> quickly select an entire paragraph (block of text surounded by 
> new/blank) lines?

Move to the begining of the first line of the paragraph and type

C-<space> C-<down>

(in case that these bindings don't work on your system the commands are 
set-mark-command followed by forward-paragraph.)

hth

> 
>   TIA,
> 
>   John
-- 
Charity in capitalism is like urinating to extinguish a forest fire.
    -- Neon Absentius

Re: Select an entire paragraph

[Sébastien Kirche]

At 22:08 on aoû 18 2005, Peter Dyballa said :

> 
> Am 18.08.2005 um 23:19 schrieb user@domain.invalid:
> 
> > Sorry if this is not the correct forum for this.  Is there a way
> > to quickly select an entire paragraph (block of text surounded by
> > new/blank) lines?
> > 
> 
> Four mouse clicks.

Maybe that forward-paragraph and  backward-paragraph (M-} and M-{) could
help without the mouse ?

Something like C-SPC M-} ?

-- 
Sébastien Kirche

Re: Select an entire paragraph

[Joe Corneli]

   Is there a way to <snip>

If `mark-paragraph' doesn't do it for you, try `copy-paragraph', below.

(defun copy-paragraph ()
  "Save body of current paragraph to kill ring."
  (interactive)
  (save-excursion
    (let ((beg (progn (forward-paragraph -1)
                      (point)))
          (end (progn (forward-paragraph 1)
                      (point))))
      (kill-ring-save beg end))))


,----  M-x apropos
| forward-paragraph
|   Command: Move forward to end of paragraph.
| [...]
| mark-paragraph
|   Command: Put point at beginning of this paragraph, mark at end.
`----> use it

Re: Select an entire paragraph

[Sébastien Kirche]

At 22:08 on aoû 18 2005, Denis Bueno said :

> When your point is inside the paragraph, either do:
> 
> M-h
> 
> or
> 
> M-x mark-paragraph

I learnt one more thing with this one. 

I never used M-h inside  Emacs before because that combination is masked
by default by the window manager to iconize the current application.
Now i can use it.

-- 
Sébastien Kirche