keyboard-based menu copy

keyboard-based menu copy

[knubee]

Sometimes I need to paste the contents of an emacs buffer into another
application. As far as I can tell, the primary way to do this is to
select the text, choose "copy" from the edit menu, and then it is
possible to paste in another app.

Is there a keyboard alternative to the "choose copy from edit menu"
step?

thanks.

Re: keyboard-based menu copy

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 16.06.2008 um 09:54 schrieb knubee:

> Is there a keyboard alternative to the "choose copy from edit menu"
> step?


Of course: the X window manager's short-cut.

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Re: keyboard-based menu copy

[knubee]

> Of course: the X window manager's short-cut.

C-c  ???

Re: keyboard-based menu copy

[Tim X]

knubee <knubee@gmail.com> writes:

>> Of course: the X window manager's short-cut.
>
> C-c  ???

Mark the region you want to copy - using the keyboard, place point at
the start and hit C-space. Move to the end and hit A-w to copy or C-w to
copy and kill the region. 

Then go to the application you want to past into and use the middle
mouse button to paste (assuming X windows). 

Tim

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Re: keyboard-based menu copy

[knubee]

> Then go to the application you want to past into and use the middle
> mouse button to paste (assuming X windows).

oh, nice. that does it. thanks.

Re: keyboard-based menu copy

[Joel J. Adamson]

knubee <knubee@gmail.com> writes:

>> Of course: the X window manager's short-cut.
>
> C-c  ???

Have you tried just copying the text with "\M-w" and then pasting with
the mouse in the other application?  That works for me.

Joel

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Re: keyboard-based menu copy

[Bernardo Bacic]

>> Of course: the X window manager's short-cut.
> 
> C-c  ???

M-w