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Emacs, how to get copy-paste, highlight text arrows, etc.

I need to know how to make Emacs a usable person used for windows ... In particular, I really need:

1) Copy-paste keys

2) Arrow to select text

3) The space acting regularly, i.e. I do not want the cursor to be on the letter to delete it.

Thanks so much for any help.

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  • By default, Emacs is set to Mw (Alt + w) for copy and Cy (Ctrl + y) for paste. If you want to use standard shortcuts, go to the "Options" menu at the top of the window and activate the "Cx / Cc / Cv Cut and Paste (CUA)" option.

  • By default, this is not active. You start the selection by pressing C+<space> and then moving the pointer (you can actually “set your sign” in this way and then do an incremental search with Cs to the place you want to select to). You can activate Options> Active Region Highlighting to make the area more obvious. If you are in a window environment, you can use your mouse to make a choice.

  • I'm not quite sure what you mean by that. As far as I know, backspace should work fine in Emacs (although I used it for a while, I might just forget what “normal” means here).

Also, as a former Windows user / current Emacs user, continue. Learning Emacs is really worth it if you can put up with a foreign user interface (you might eventually want to delve into a bit of Lisp).

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To copy / paste, select shift, select packages (pc selection, cua mode, etc.) here .

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