From: "Bourgneuf Francois" <francois.bourgneuf@groupe-mma.fr>
To: <luca.pamparana@gmail.com>, <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: copying and pasting in emacs
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 11:07:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9884393F63F8AF4EA99527DC3C9141E208D324@zw67246c.societe.mma.fr> (raw)
C-<space> to mark the beginnig of the region you want to copy,
then move to the end of the region
M-w to copy
Use C-y for pasting (y stands for yank)
bour9
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De :
> help-gnu-emacs-bounces+francois.bourgneuf=groupe-mma.fr@gnu.or
> g
> [mailto:help-gnu-emacs-bounces+francois.bourgneuf=groupe-mma.f
> r@gnu.org] De la part de luca.pamparana@gmail.com
> Envoyé : dimanche 5 avril 2009 16:17
> À : help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Objet : copying and pasting in emacs
>
> Hello,
>
> I am unable to figure out how to select and copy text as you would do
> in another editors:
>
> 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.
>
> Anyone knows how I can do it esp. highlighting one word, line etc. at
> a time.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Luca
>
>
next reply other threads:[~2009-04-06 9:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-06 9:07 Bourgneuf Francois [this message]
2009-04-06 9:42 ` copying and pasting in emacs Daniel Dalton
2009-04-06 14:55 ` Peter Dyballa
2009-04-06 14:56 ` Renaud Casenave-Péré
[not found] ` <mailman.4706.1239028278.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-02 23:59 ` David Combs
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2009-04-06 9:47 Daniel Dalton
2009-04-06 14:55 ` Alan Mackenzie
2009-04-06 21:40 ` Daniel Dalton
2009-04-05 14:17 luca.pamparana
2009-04-05 14:56 ` Richard Riley
2009-04-05 14:57 ` lore
2009-04-05 15:45 ` Nurullah Akkaya
2009-04-05 16:06 ` rustom
2009-04-05 17:48 ` Drew Adams
2009-04-05 17:53 ` Peter Finn
[not found] ` <mailman.4665.1238954048.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-04-05 21:43 ` B. T. Raven
2009-04-06 7:29 ` Nikolaj Schumacher
[not found] ` <mailman.4658.1238946331.31690.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2009-05-02 23:50 ` David Combs
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