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Re: set mark and point around current line
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Kevin Rodgers |
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Re: set mark and point around current line |
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Mon, 25 Jul 2005 11:46:53 -0600 |
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Baloff wrote:
> how can I find out what is the command to do somthing.
M-x apropos RET do-something RET
> say I want to select "highlight" the current line to copy it to
> another window.
I tried `M-x apropos RET current-line' and didn't find anything that
does the job.
> do I (Set the mark and point around the current line) > M-w > change
> window > C-y?
Yes. Of course setting the mark and moving point changes the point,
which you may not want, and involves a 3-key sequence: C-a C-@ C-e.
So you might want to define a keyboard macro, e.g.
(global-set-key "\C-cl" "\C-a\C-@\C-e\M-w")
or bind a key to a new command:
(defun copy-current-line-as-kill ()
"Save the current line as if killed, but don't kill it.
See `copy-region-as-kill'."
(interactive)
(kill-ring-save (point-at-bol) (point-at-eol)))
(global-set-key "\C-cl" 'copy-current-line-as-kill)
> and btw, when you have many windows open, aren't they numbered so that
> you can issue a command to go to a spacific window instead of what I am
> doing C-x o and watch the pointer move randomly till it gets to the
> window of my choice.
You can give a prefix arg to other-window (which is what `C-x o' is
bound to), e.g. `C-u 3 C-x o' or `M-3 C-x o'.
--
Kevin Rodgers