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On Jun 24, 6:55 pm, Davin Pearson <davin.pear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using Emacs to teach computer programming to computer novices and
> therefore I need to modify Emacs to make it more like a standard
> Windows application.
>
> I have downloaded cua.el to implement certain windows keybindings but
> cua.el doesn't bind C-a to select all, a feature which I would like.
>
> Could someone present me with some Elisp code that provides this
> feature?

Please see:

How To Make Emacs Use Modern User Interface
http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_make_modern.html

which include several tips and elisp code to make emacs conform to
modern UI standards. Comments welcome.

  Xah
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