* copying and pasting in emacs
@ 2009-04-05 14:17 luca.pamparana
2009-04-05 14:56 ` Richard Riley
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From: luca.pamparana @ 2009-04-05 14:17 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hello,
I am unable to figure out how to select and copy text as you would do
in another editors:
For example, one thing I normally need to do is select from the
current position upto the next few words. Normally, I just press shift
+ ctrl and the left or right arrow key and the editor would highlight
one word at a time. I have so far been unable to figure out how to
highlight text in emacs using the keyboard.
Anyone knows how I can do it esp. highlighting one word, line etc. at
a time.
Many thanks,
Luca
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-05 14:17 luca.pamparana
@ 2009-04-05 14:56 ` Richard Riley
2009-04-05 14:57 ` lore
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From: Richard Riley @ 2009-04-05 14:56 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
luca.pamparana@gmail.com writes:
> Hello,
>
> I am unable to figure out how to select and copy text as you would do
> in another editors:
>
> For example, one thing I normally need to do is select from the
> current position upto the next few words. Normally, I just press shift
> + ctrl and the left or right arrow key and the editor would highlight
> one word at a time. I have so far been unable to figure out how to
> highlight text in emacs using the keyboard.
>
> Anyone knows how I can do it esp. highlighting one word, line etc. at
> a time.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Luca
Google up "emacs mark region"
e.g
http://as760.http.sasm3.net/textbooks/emacs/emacs_12.html
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-05 14:17 luca.pamparana
2009-04-05 14:56 ` Richard Riley
@ 2009-04-05 14:57 ` lore
2009-04-05 15:45 ` Nurullah Akkaya
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From: lore @ 2009-04-05 14:57 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
luca pamparana wrote:
> For example, one thing I normally need to do is select from the
> current position upto the next few words. Normally, I just press shift
> + ctrl and the left or right arrow key and the editor would highlight
> one word at a time. I have so far been unable to figure out how to
> highlight text in emacs using the keyboard.
,----
| C-@ runs the command set-mark-command, which is an interactive
| compiled Lisp function.
|
| It is bound to C-SPC, C-@.
`----
Then you can move (M-b, M-f, C-p, C-n or so...)
Do not forget transient-mark-mode.
--
Systems.Administrators.like.things.automated.
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-05 14:17 luca.pamparana
2009-04-05 14:56 ` Richard Riley
2009-04-05 14:57 ` lore
@ 2009-04-05 15:45 ` Nurullah Akkaya
2009-04-05 16:06 ` rustom
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From: Nurullah Akkaya @ 2009-04-05 15:45 UTC (permalink / raw
To: luca.pamparana; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
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On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 5:17 PM, <luca.pamparana@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am unable to figure out how to select and copy text as you would do
> in another editors:
>
> For example, one thing I normally need to do is select from the
> current position upto the next few words. Normally, I just press shift
> + ctrl and the left or right arrow key and the editor would highlight
> one word at a time. I have so far been unable to figure out how to
> highlight text in emacs using the keyboard.
>
> Anyone knows how I can do it esp. highlighting one word, line etc. at
> a time.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Luca
>
Enable delete-selection in your .emacs by adding
(delete-selection-mode)
after that when you press Ctrl+space you start selecting regions.
Normal movement keys apply.
Ctrl+space
Ctrl+e
will select from cursor to the end of line.
Nurullah Akkaya
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-05 14:17 luca.pamparana
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2009-04-05 15:45 ` Nurullah Akkaya
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2009-04-05 17:48 ` Drew Adams
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From: rustom @ 2009-04-05 16:06 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Apr 5, 7:17 pm, luca.pampar...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am unable to figure out how to select and copy text as you would do
> in another editors:
>
> For example, one thing I normally need to do is select from the
> current position upto the next few words. Normally, I just press shift
> + ctrl and the left or right arrow key and the editor would highlight
> one word at a time. I have so far been unable to figure out how to
> highlight text in emacs using the keyboard.
>
> Anyone knows how I can do it esp. highlighting one word, line etc. at
> a time.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Luca
See cua-mode and related stuff (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/
CuaMode )
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* RE: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-05 16:06 ` rustom
@ 2009-04-05 17:48 ` Drew Adams
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From: Drew Adams @ 2009-04-05 17:48 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
> > I am unable to figure out how to select and copy text as
> > you would do in another editors:
> >
> > For example, one thing I normally need to do is select from the
> > current position upto the next few words. Normally, I just
> > press shift + ctrl and the left or right arrow key and the
> > editor would highlight one word at a time. I have so far been
> > unable to figure out how to highlight text in emacs using the
> > keyboard.
> >
> > Anyone knows how I can do it esp. highlighting one word,
> > line etc. at a time.
>
> See cua-mode and related stuff
> (http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CuaMode)
CUA mode is not for everyone, and is not necessarily the best place to start
looking into this question, IMO.
This is the overall category - active "region" means (~) "selection":
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en?CategoryRegion
(I just added CuaMode to that page, BTW; it was missing.)
These are some entries at that page which are good starting points:
* http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en/Region - meaning and behavior of the region
* http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en/DefaultKillingAndYanking - vanilla Emacs
behavior and terminology for copy/paste
* http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en/CopyAndPaste - alternatives (including CUA
mode) to the vanilla Emacs copy/paste behavior
See also the Emacs manual, node Transient Mark:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Transient-Mark.html#Tra
nsient-Mark
My own recommendation (not CUA mode), FWIW:
* http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en/DeleteSelectionMode
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-05 14:17 luca.pamparana
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2009-04-05 16:06 ` rustom
@ 2009-04-05 17:53 ` Peter Finn
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From: Peter Finn @ 2009-04-05 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
At Sun, 5 Apr 2009 07:17:02 -0700 (PDT),
luca pamparana wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am unable to figure out how to select and copy text as you would do
> in another editors:
>
> For example, one thing I normally need to do is select from the
> current position upto the next few words. Normally, I just press shift
> + ctrl and the left or right arrow key and the editor would highlight
> one word at a time. I have so far been unable to figure out how to
> highlight text in emacs using the keyboard.
>
> Anyone knows how I can do it esp. highlighting one word, line etc. at
> a time.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Luca
If you want behavior similar to other editors you might want to try
turning on CUA mode (M-x cua-mode <RET>) which will give you exactly the
selection behavior you want (using <SHIFT> in combination with <ARROW>);
as well as key-bindings for the copying, cutting, and pasting of text
similar to other editors you may be familiar with.
CUA mode can be enabled permanently through Emacs' customization
facility by typing: M-x customize-variable <RET> cua-mode <RET> and
setting is value to ON, and saving your changes.
Peter
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
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@ 2009-04-05 21:43 ` B. T. Raven
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From: B. T. Raven @ 2009-04-05 21:43 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
Peter Finn wrote:
> At Sun, 5 Apr 2009 07:17:02 -0700 (PDT),
> luca pamparana wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am unable to figure out how to select and copy text as you would do
>> in another editors:
>>
>> For example, one thing I normally need to do is select from the
>> current position upto the next few words. Normally, I just press shift
>> + ctrl and the left or right arrow key and the editor would highlight
>> one word at a time. I have so far been unable to figure out how to
>> highlight text in emacs using the keyboard.
>>
>> Anyone knows how I can do it esp. highlighting one word, line etc. at
>> a time.
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Luca
>
> If you want behavior similar to other editors you might want to try
> turning on CUA mode (M-x cua-mode <RET>) which will give you exactly the
> selection behavior you want (using <SHIFT> in combination with <ARROW>);
> as well as key-bindings for the copying, cutting, and pasting of text
> similar to other editors you may be familiar with.
>
> CUA mode can be enabled permanently through Emacs' customization
> facility by typing: M-x customize-variable <RET> cua-mode <RET> and
> setting is value to ON, and saving your changes.
>
> Peter
>
>
And if you want the basic pc selection keys but want to leave Emacs
undisturbed for everything else then do this:
Menu>Customize Emacs>Specific Group....
pc-select
Then turn on 1, 2, and 5 (Override Scroll Error, Pc Selection Keys Only,
and Pc Selection Mode)
Save for future sessions
This will save the settings in your .emacs. This way the setup will
encourage or at least allow you to learn C-space, C-w, M-w, C-y, M-y,
and Emacs standard cursor movement keys.
Ed
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-05 14:17 luca.pamparana
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From: Nikolaj Schumacher @ 2009-04-06 7:29 UTC (permalink / raw
To: luca.pamparana; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
luca.pamparana@gmail.com wrote:
> Anyone knows how I can do it esp. highlighting one word, line etc. at
> a time.
Try `mark-word' (M-@ by default).
regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher
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* RE: copying and pasting in emacs
@ 2009-04-06 9:07 Bourgneuf Francois
2009-04-06 9:42 ` Daniel Dalton
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From: Bourgneuf Francois @ 2009-04-06 9:07 UTC (permalink / raw
To: luca.pamparana, help-gnu-emacs
C-<space> to mark the beginnig of the region you want to copy,
then move to the end of the region
M-w to copy
Use C-y for pasting (y stands for yank)
bour9
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> Objet : copying and pasting in emacs
>
> Hello,
>
> I am unable to figure out how to select and copy text as you would do
> in another editors:
>
> For example, one thing I normally need to do is select from the
> current position upto the next few words. Normally, I just press shift
> + ctrl and the left or right arrow key and the editor would highlight
> one word at a time. I have so far been unable to figure out how to
> highlight text in emacs using the keyboard.
>
> Anyone knows how I can do it esp. highlighting one word, line etc. at
> a time.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Luca
>
>
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-06 9:07 copying and pasting in emacs Bourgneuf Francois
@ 2009-04-06 9:42 ` Daniel Dalton
2009-04-06 14:55 ` Peter Dyballa
2009-04-06 14:56 ` Renaud Casenave-Péré
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From: Daniel Dalton @ 2009-04-06 9:42 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
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On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:07:41AM +0200, Bourgneuf Francois wrote:
> Use C-y for pasting (y stands for yank)
I know I'm going to probably get yelled at, sorry I know I should go
read the manual, but considering this was asked, what's the command to
grab an old yank?
eg. yank something that was cut before the last cut?
eg. ctr+space ctr+w ctr+k then oh damn, how do I paste that first block
of text?
Hope that makes sense!
Thx
Daniel.
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
@ 2009-04-06 9:47 Daniel Dalton
2009-04-06 14:55 ` Alan Mackenzie
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From: Daniel Dalton @ 2009-04-06 9:47 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:07:41AM +0200, Bourgneuf Francois wrote:
> Use C-y for pasting (y stands for yank)
I know I'm going to probably get yelled at, sorry I know I should go
read the manual, but considering this was asked, what's the command to
grab an old yank?
eg. yank something that was cut before the last cut?
eg. ctr+space ctr+w ctr+k then oh damn, how do I paste that first block
of text?
Hope that makes sense!
Thx
Daniel.
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-06 9:42 ` Daniel Dalton
@ 2009-04-06 14:55 ` Peter Dyballa
2009-04-06 14:56 ` Renaud Casenave-Péré
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From: Peter Dyballa @ 2009-04-06 14:55 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Daniel Dalton; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Am 06.04.2009 um 11:42 schrieb Daniel Dalton:
> what's the command to grab an old yank?
First C-y, then M-y until you got what you want.
--
Greetings
Pete
Think of XML as Lisp for COBOL programmers.
- Tony-A (some guy on /.)
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-06 9:47 Daniel Dalton
@ 2009-04-06 14:55 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-04-06 21:40 ` Daniel Dalton
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From: Alan Mackenzie @ 2009-04-06 14:55 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Daniel Dalton; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Hi, Daniel!
On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 07:47:44PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:07:41AM +0200, Bourgneuf Francois wrote:
> > Use C-y for pasting (y stands for yank)
> I know I'm going to probably get yelled at, sorry I know I should go
> read the manual, but considering this was asked, what's the command to
> grab an old yank?
M-y. First do C-y, see that you've yanked the wrong stuff, then do M-y
repeatedly till you get what you want.
> eg. yank something that was cut before the last cut?
> eg. ctr+space ctr+w ctr+k then oh damn, how do I paste that first block
> of text?
> Hope that makes sense!
Absolutely!
> Daniel.
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-06 9:42 ` Daniel Dalton
2009-04-06 14:55 ` Peter Dyballa
@ 2009-04-06 14:56 ` Renaud Casenave-Péré
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From: Renaud Casenave-Péré @ 2009-04-06 14:56 UTC (permalink / raw
To: d.dalton; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
Just try M-y after a C-y. You can M-y several times.
--
Renaud Casenave-Péré
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* Re: copying and pasting in emacs
2009-04-06 14:55 ` Alan Mackenzie
@ 2009-04-06 21:40 ` Daniel Dalton
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From: Daniel Dalton @ 2009-04-06 21:40 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Alan Mackenzie; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
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On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 02:55:52PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hi, Daniel!
Hi Alan!
> M-y. First do C-y, see that you've yanked the wrong stuff, then do M-y
Exactly, that works perfectly thanks very much!
> > Hope that makes sense!
>
> Absolutely!
Great! :-)
Thanks very much,
Cheers,
Daniel.
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@ 2009-05-02 23:50 ` David Combs
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From: David Combs @ 2009-05-02 23:50 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
In article <mailman.4658.1238946331.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Nurullah Akkaya <nurullah@nakkaya.com> wrote:
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 5:17 PM, <luca.pamparana@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am unable to figure out how to select and copy text as you would do
>> in another editors:
There's a really great tutorial already built into emacs -- in it, you
learn by doing.
Give it a try!
(You will like it!)
To start it, simply hit C-h and then t (t for tutorial).
Enjoy!
David
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@ 2009-05-02 23:59 ` David Combs
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From: David Combs @ 2009-05-02 23:59 UTC (permalink / raw
To: help-gnu-emacs
In article <mailman.4706.1239028278.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
Daniel Dalton <d.dalton@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:07:41AM +0200, Bourgneuf Francois wrote:
>> Use C-y for pasting (y stands for yank)
>
>I know I'm going to probably get yelled at, sorry I know I should go
>read the manual,
No, take the tutorial (hit C-h t), THEN read the manual.
David
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