On Fri, 11-Sep-2009 at 06:12AM +0200, Johannes Huesing wrote: |> Martin Maechler <maech...@stat.math.ethz.ch> [Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 09:17:42AM CEST]: |> > >>>>> "PaCo" == p connolly <p_conno...@slingshot.co.nz> |> > >>>>> on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:19:31 +1200 writes: |> > |> > PaCo> On Mon, 31-Aug-2009 at 08:25PM +1000, Jim Lemon wrote: |> > PaCo> [...] |> [...] |> > PaCo> |> Emacs still |> > PaCo> |> has that annoying trait of being determinedly incompatible with anything |> > PaCo> |> else, even if the conventions are quite sensible. |> |> A lot of the keystrokes are the same as when you are using the bash. |> |> [...] |> > |> > well, actually, since Emacs 23, in its 'Options' Menu there's |> > now a check-box entry |> > |> > " C-x/C-c/C-v Cut and Paste (CUA) " |> > |> > ((which still is "off" by default ;-)) |> |> and in previous versions, you could always do M-x cua-mode for |> the same effect. Talk about a well-hidden function mostly directed |> at beginners ...
Perhaps the thinking was that by the time they find it, they'll already have noticed that they can cut/copy and paste using only the mouse buttons and won't be bothered with such inefficient methods. Though this be madness, yet there is a method in't. :-) -- ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. ___ Patrick Connolly {~._.~} Great minds discuss ideas _( Y )_ Average minds discuss events (:_~*~_:) Small minds discuss people (_)-(_) ..... Eleanor Roosevelt ~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.