Thank you Sebastian. The best way to emacs happiness is to use its keys. These shortcuts are extremely useful - I'll adopt them.
Regards Saptarshi > How about get used to Emacs keys for this purpose: > > C-SPACE UP > > > C-SPACE set's a mark and moving point extends the region. > The big advantage is, that you can use all moving commands Emacs > provides (`M-f', `M-b'...) > > > > Some keys/functions select text directly: > > M-h - mark-paragraph > C-x C-p - mark-page > M-x mark- TAB - show all marking commands > > > > Also, if you do not use org-mouse, you could use the left and right > mouse button - optionally holding down the ALT key for a secondary > selection. > > Pressing the middle button inserts the selection, with ALT the secondary > one. > > > While selecting, you can extend and narrow the selection in either > direction be pressing the right button repeatedly. > > Right double-click cuts. > > > Some of this depends on your setting of the variable > `transient-mark-mode', which you can customize. > > > > > > Sebastian > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode > _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
