From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: select text without moving the point in graphical interface Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 12:24:54 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: References: <20131208190052.GA12293@doriath.local> <86de73d1-d8e2-4564-b7a7-749d7778a635@default> <20131208193420.GA12537@doriath.local> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1386534321 15861 80.91.229.3 (8 Dec 2013 20:25:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2013 20:25:21 +0000 (UTC) To: =?iso-8859-1?B?RXJuZXN0IEFkcm9ndek=?= , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 08 21:25:26 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 1Vpkuq-0004kq-Sk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 21:25:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40714 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vpkuq-0007x6-Fo for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:25:24 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51795) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpkuW-0007t6-Jx for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:25:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpkuO-00057f-1G for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:25:04 -0500 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:27059) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VpkuN-00057a-Pv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:24:55 -0500 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id rB8KOriP009532 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 8 Dec 2013 20:24:54 GMT Original-Received: from aserz7022.oracle.com (aserz7022.oracle.com [141.146.126.231]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rB8KOrrF026833 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 8 Dec 2013 20:24:53 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0020.oracle.com (abhmp0020.oracle.com [141.146.116.26]) by aserz7022.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id rB8KOqGg029974; Sun, 8 Dec 2013 20:24:53 GMT In-Reply-To: <20131208193420.GA12537@doriath.local> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 141.146.126.69 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:94878 Archived-At: > > > one of the things I like about running emacs in a terminal is that I = can > > > select text without moving the point; is it possible to do the same w= hen > > > running in a graphical interface (GTK)? > > > > yes >=20 > How? How do you do it in Emacs in terminal mode? Same way, I guess. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your question. Why don't you provide a recipe of the behavior you are looking for, which you already enjoy when "running emacs in a terminal"? I thought you were asking whether you can ever select text in Emacs without moving the cursor. The answer to that is yes, you can sometimes, and regardless of whether Emacs is in console mode or uses a graphical interface. An example: `C-M-SPC' selects the sexp that follows point, without moving point.