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Date:      Sun, 6 Aug 2000 11:39:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "R. D. Davis" <rdd@smart.net>
To:        John Murphy <bigotfo@bigfoot.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Ctrl X C V
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10008061133240.3265-100000@smarty.smart.net>
In-Reply-To: <kH6NOQJLfO=RzGJV=POxXSOnyuLl@4ax.com>

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On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, John Murphy wrote:
> I'd like an editor that uses the Ctrl-X (cut) Ctrl-C (copy)
> and Ctrl-V (paste) keys along with shift arrows keys for
> selection highlighting.  Or alternatively an editor I could
> configure to work this way.  Also I would need 2 or 3 files
> loaded and a means to switch between them.

Try Emacs.  It does everything, and even emulates other editors.
Without hacking any macros or emulating anything else, just do a
Ctrl-K or "M-x delete-region", then Ctrl-Y to yank the lines back into
a place in the text where you want them.

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R. D. Davis                  
rdd@perqlogic.com            
http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd 
410-744-4900                 



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