RE: Emacs keyboard command

[Drew Adams]

    All that I really want from the PC behaviour is incremental highlighting
    of line / region after C-<space>(Mark set) ... C-f, M-f or whatever. I
    don't use any other PC style key assignments as they stomp on the emacs
    ones.

Transient-mark mode will give you that behavior, on its own. 

You might also want to try delete-selection mode, which gives you 
transient-mark mode, plus type-to-replace and quick region delete, but without 
changing your key bindings as PC selection mode does. Delete-selection mode is 
very good, IMO. 

See also:

* Node Graphical Kill in the Emacs manual (yes, that's a crazy name for the 
node).

* http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/DeleteSelectionMode.