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Re: Select an entire paragraph


From: Neon Absentius
Subject: Re: Select an entire paragraph
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:46:51 +0000
User-agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i

On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 05:19:34PM -0400, user@domain.invalid wrote:
> Hello,
>   Sorry if this is not the correct forum for this.  Is there a way to 
> quickly select an entire paragraph (block of text surounded by 
> new/blank) lines?

Move to the begining of the first line of the paragraph and type

C-<space> C-<down>

(in case that these bindings don't work on your system the commands are 
set-mark-command followed by forward-paragraph.)

hth

> 
>   TIA,
> 
>   John
-- 
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    -- Neon Absentius




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