From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Tried to bind Ctrl-c and to kill-ring-save (i.e. copy) and it *sometimes* doesn't work with mouse!?!? Very confusing Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 16:00:21 +0200 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Message-ID: <87li4heetm.fsf@VLAN-3434.student.uu.se> References: <79da6550-ceff-42d4-aaf9-991954847058@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1375625114 18016 80.91.229.3 (4 Aug 2013 14:05:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 14:05:14 +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 Aug 04 16:05:17 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1V5yvt-0004dQ-5r for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 16:05:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40448 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1V5yvs-0000SS-PU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 04 Aug 2013 10:05:16 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 29 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: SWN/nubmpQxYKwY7hPy4YA.user.speranza.aioe.org Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Hu+qDYinzxBsDsq6zdt/GH+P2e4= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:200432 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:92699 Archived-At: Chris Seberino writes: > (global-set-key (kbd "C-c") 'kill-ring-save) > > My goal is be able to highlight regions with the mouse and use > C-c to copy that region for pasting later somewhere else... > > It seems to be very flaky. It seems to *sometimes* work and > sometimes not when I highlight a region with the mouse. You already got the answer, `M-x cua-mode' to get those shortcuts. But, those are inferior to the Emacs arsenal of killing and yanking shortcuts: kill a region, a line, a word, a word backwards, killing but not erasing, etc. The best thing to do is *not* using cua - that way, you have no choice but to use the faster, more precise, and more ergonomic Emacs shortcuts. And those will come to you virtually instantly. Also, it is best to drop mouse use entirely, for the same (and other) reasons. If you want to highlight a region, you can use M-h (repeatedly, if needed), or you can use C-SPC to set the mark, and then move the cursor with, for example, C-n/p. -- Emanuel Berg - programmer (hire me! CV below) computer projects: http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 internet activity: http://home.student.uu.se/embe8573