From: Vyazovoi Pavel <vyazovoi@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: mouse-less emacs
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:36:50 +0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <873asme7i5.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: d110d5e6-075e-4ecc-b5bc-61fcc34898bb@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com
sahteaccount@gmail.com writes:
> I am a fairly new linux and emacs user. When I was using a text editor
> under windows, I rarely used the mouse. I used ctrl+shift+arrow keys
> to select text and ctrl+c and ctrl+v to do copy paste stuff.
>
> So far in linux (and emacs) whenever I need to copy/paste something, I
> highlight the text with mouse and then middle-click the mouse to paste
> it. What would be the shortcuts to do same things in emacs with
> keyboard? Especially equivalent of ctrl+shift+arrow key in emacs?
>
> Also ctrl+c and ctrl+v are conveniently located on the keyboard. To my
> despair ctrl+c has a different meaning (kill!) for linux.
>
> Finally... Undo is simply ctrl+z in windows, while linux uses that
> combination to suspend the process. Emacs's ctrl+_ is difficult
> because
> 1) those key are not close to each other
> 2) I don't have an explicit _ key. It is 'shift' of +. So I need to
> ctrl+shift+ + which is obviously harder.
>
> Please help this poor soul in his transition to Linux and emacs
>
> Thanks all
Emacs is mouseless operating system.
C-h i, C-h t - embedded help system.
Brief: C-spc, C-spc-spc for setting mark and selecting text, M-w for
copying, C-w for cutting, C-y for inserting. And many many more in help
system. I recommend to swap Ctrl with CapsLock for easy use emacs keybindings.
For example - write this simple macro to your .emacs and select word
under cursor with M-@:
(fset 'mark-whole-word
[C-right ?\C- ?\C- C-left])
(global-set-key (kbd "M-@") 'mark-whole-word)
Sorry for my bad english.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-25 6:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-25 5:01 mouse-less emacs sahteaccount
2008-01-25 6:36 ` Vyazovoi Pavel [this message]
2008-01-25 6:53 ` David Kastrup
2008-01-25 12:57 ` Sebastian Tennant
2008-01-25 20:22 ` Peter Dyballa
2008-01-25 22:06 ` Xah Lee
2008-01-28 16:37 ` Joel J. Adamson
2008-01-25 23:52 ` Sven Bretfeld
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