[PLUG] Emacs: save marked lines to new file

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Thu Nov 7 18:45:50 UTC 2013


On Thu, 7 Nov 2013, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote:

> If you are using Xemacs, the mouse has some really convenient and
> powerful features.

Wayne,

   No, regular emacs that comes wih Slackware.

> Hold the left mouse button down and drag to mark a region. Press the
> middle button (or if you don't have a 3 button mouse, press both the left
> and right buttons) to paste. After marking a section, press the right
> button to cut.

   Just as easy to mark a region (keyboard or pointy device), then press
ctrl-x w to cut and ctrl-x y to yank it back.

Thanks,

Rich




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