From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 6 8:40: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smarty.smart.net (smarty.smart.net [207.176.80.102]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2729C37B52C for ; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 08:40:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rdd@smart.net) Received: from localhost (rdd@localhost) by smarty.smart.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA03822; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 11:39:53 -0400 Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 11:39:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "R. D. Davis" To: John Murphy Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ctrl X C V In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -- R. D. Davis rdd@perqlogic.com http://www.perqlogic.com/rdd 410-744-4900 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message