Re: cutting and copying and pasting in emacs.

2003-04-02 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Matthew" == Mirabella, Mathew J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Matthew> Hi all. I ran into a slight difficulty. In emacs, i realise Matthew> you can do C-w and C-SPC to cut tetxt from a buffer which can Matthew> then be yanked into a buffer with C-Y. However, if you are Matthew> reviewing a

Re: cutting and copying and pasting in emacs.

2003-04-02 Thread Chris Waters
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 01:44:39PM +1000, Mirabella, Mathew J wrote: > So is there a command in emacs which allows you to copy a block > rather than cut it. This is not a user-support list. The answer to your question is M-W (kill-ring-save) but please take any further questions to a more approp

Re: cutting and copying and pasting in emacs.

2003-04-02 Thread Ian Zimmerman
Mat> Hi all. I ran into a slight difficulty. In emacs, i realise you Mat> can do C-w and C-SPC to cut tetxt from a buffer which can then be Mat> yanked into a buffer with C-Y. However, if you are reviewing a Mat> buffer that is read only, you cannot grab the text out in this Mat> way. So is th

Re: cutting and copying and pasting in emacs.

2003-04-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
"Mirabella, Mathew J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all. I ran into a slight difficulty. In emacs, i realise you can > do C-w and C-SPC to cut tetxt from a buffer which can then be yanked > into a buffer with C-Y. However, if you are reviewing a buffer that > is read only, you cannot grab th