From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: lore Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: copying and pasting in emacs Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:57:56 +0200 Organization: Somewhere in CyberSpace Message-ID: <878wmfi1vv.fsf@here.invalid> References: <640dcabc-d78f-4006-901f-2689297ea79a@w9g2000yqa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1238946165 13214 80.91.229.12 (5 Apr 2009 15:42:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 15:42:45 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Apr 05 17:44:04 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LqUVs-00026F-Fs for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:44:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41124 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LqUUU-0004TD-Ea for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:42:34 -0400 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!feeder.erje.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!volia.net!news2.volia.net!feed-A.news.volia.net!feeder.news.tin.it!spool.news.tin.it!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:KLkZgA7pe17aIAhRtCuMm6CYfEc= Original-Lines: 21 X-Comments: Please send technical notifications to newsmaster@tin.it Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 79.51.59.252 Original-X-Trace: 1238943482 reader2.news.tin.it 1116 79.51.59.252:7269 Original-X-Complaints-To: Please send abuse reports to abuse@retail.telecomitalia.it Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:168215 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:63498 Archived-At: 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.