From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dieter Wilhelm Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Noon question : Copying w/o Killing Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:06:04 +0200 Organization: The Church of Emacs Message-ID: <87odgbddsj.fsf@debby.local.net> References: <12570165.post@talk.nabble.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1189355485 25450 80.91.229.12 (9 Sep 2007 16:31:25 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 16:31:25 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: winuser Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 10 02:31:12 2007 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 1IUWnW-0002WY-Al for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:06:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IUPJ9-00047I-V2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:06:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IUPGd-0002ON-SV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:04:11 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1IUPGc-0002NM-W2 for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:04:11 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1IUPGc-0002NC-QR for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:04:10 -0400 Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.177]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1IUPGc-0004Xo-6q for Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:04:10 -0400 Original-Received: from drms-590c7a27.pool.einsundeins.de [89.12.122.39] (helo=debby.local.net) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mrelayeu7) with ESMTP (Nemesis), id 0ML2xA-1IUPGa0Qwd-00029v; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:04:08 +0200 Original-Received: from dieter by debby.local.net with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IUPIS-0000Uc-Gj; Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:06:04 +0200 In-Reply-To: <12570165.post@talk.nabble.com> (winuser@intermonde.net's message of "Sat\, 8 Sep 2007 07\:24\:11 -0700 \(PDT\)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19Gpu9JPymuxUfbMYrB/7CwBfIfxO2EUVRUy6Q aaTtF9JvGlAIqiiNapo29NxUmaCAue35T2Vffo4EYtbu35FRPX +4L0pOky+JULEhyp5tAGdhLFwYYnDYM X-Detected-Kernel: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) 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:47405 Archived-At: winuser writes: > > PLease lead me to the relevant docs if possible. > I am using Emacs 22 on WinXP SP2 and I'm trying to copy text from a Emacs > buffer while leaving the original in place. ( AKA C-c and C-v ) > Is there a Emacs keybinding for this ? With the mouse just mark it, drag it with the left mouse button held. You are able to insert the text somewhere in the Emacs buffer with the middle mouse button. With the keyboard it's M-w (pressing the Alt key and the w key) for copying and C-y for inserting. But before the copying you first you have to mark a region however, please have a look at the following: (info-other-window "mark(emacs)") ! <- please set the cursor before the exclamation mark and type C-x C-e. > If I can learn Emacs, maybe I can go on to bigger targets like Linux :) That was the way I strode along, when you're using Emacs extensively you'll notice the usage of some fine external tools (or the emulation of them) which are conveniently available on Gnu/Linux systems. But I think nowadays installing Ubuntu and using it, for example, is much less effort than learning the many faces of Emacs. -- Best wishes H. Dieter Wilhelm Darmstadt, Germany