From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Lundin Subject: Re: Copying and Pasting (and Selecting) Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:11:29 -0400 Message-ID: <871vdzwd5a.fsf@fastmail.fm> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1O7DUQ-00067Z-Nx for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:04:10 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=39035 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1O7DUN-000606-MX for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:04:10 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O7DUD-00051w-59 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:03:58 -0400 Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:58482) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O7DUC-00051U-QK for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:03:56 -0400 In-Reply-To: (David Frascone's message of "Wed, 28 Apr 2010 11:45:10 -0600") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: David Frascone Cc: emacs-orgmode David Frascone writes: > **** Copying and Pasting > This could just be me fighting with Aquamacs (Cmd-C, Cmd-V, Cmd-etc > mac keys). But, the cutting, copying, and pasting do not seem very > intuitive.=C2=A0 I am used to (from old emacs days) using C-w and C-y, bu= t, > i usually did that over regions.=C2=A0 Shift-Arrows to select, etc.=C2=A0= When I > shift arrow over a subtree it mucks with priority.=C2=A0 I know that's by > design, but I find it annoying.=C2=A0 Doing the alternative (cutting a > subtree) does NOT seem intuitive to me.=C2=A0 (Well, the C-w at the end of > the command (C-c C-x C-w) does).=C2=A0 But, I'm not trying to report a bug > -- I'm actually asking a question:=C2=A0 How do you guys typically select= a > region and move it, assuming that you can't just move the subtree with > M-S- 1. I use C-[SPACE] together with transient-mark-mode to select a region and then type C-w to kill it and C-y to yank it. 2. I often kill folded subtrees with a simple C-k (org-kill-line). 3. I make frequent use of org-refile. - Matt