Questions tagged [cua-mode]
Cua-mode allows one to use ‘C-v’, ‘C-c’, and ‘C-x’ to paste, copy, and cut the region.
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Standard Mac/Windows Keybindings for Italics, Bold, and Underline in Org-Mode
Is there a simple way to get command-i, command-b, and command-u to operate in emacs org-mode on Mac in exactly the way that they operate in a typical word processor on Mac (for example, Microsoft ...
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Cua-mode commands broken at launch (when using evil), until the mode is manually toggled
I'm very new to emacs, and can't seem to get cua-mode to work by default. I'm using emacs 26.3 with spacemacs 0.300 on Kubuntu 20.04.1
I have set (cua-mode t) in my .spacemacs, and cua-mode shows up ...
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Force C-c to cua-copy-region
I have CUA mode enabled, but sometimes when I hit C-c, emacs simply does not copy anything because it starts to think Iam typing some C-C something command. I tried:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c") 'cua-...
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unbind ALL C-x and C-c shortcuts in org-mode with CUA-mode
For a special purpose application of emacs with org-mode I want to dramatically simplify the shortcuts. I'm already quite satisfied with my config based on CUA mode.
The one thing that bothers me ...
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Add additional function to cua-mode processing for `C-c`
I'm running cua-mode, and I'm trying to override the cua binding for C-c so that I can insert a function somefunc before passing the baton to the original cua binding which is cua-prefix-override-...
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Make C-S-up handle shift selection under Org-Mode
When shift-select-mode is on (Emacs' default), C-S-up in text mode selects the previous paragraph.
This does not work under Org-Mode, where C-S-up gets translated into C-up, which is mapped to org-...
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Cua-mode and keyboard macros
I have just started using emacs, so I decided to use cua-mode. I got this weird problem when I'm using macros and copy/cut (C-c/ C-x).
let's assume this simple macro for example: <F3> C-S-right ...
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rebind C-RET in cua-mode to a different key?
I use column editing in cua-mode (cua-selection-mode) a lot. A main issue I have is that the most frequently used keybinding, C-RET (Control + Return), doesn't work in most terminals (Ubuntu 16.04, ...
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Priority of keymapping commands
In another question (IDO rebind C-j to C-<RET>), Seraph asked about defining the <C-return> key for ido-mode.
It turned out that the key was already bound in cua-global-keymap, which ...
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Emacs bulk indent for Python while `cua-mode` is enabled
I'd like to know how to indent multiple lines while Python is my major mode. The link below answers my question for the most part:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2585091/emacs-bulk-indent-for-...
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CUA mode is implictly cutting and copying from region
I'm confused about some CUA mode implicit behaviour that I got after upgrading Emacs, specifically:
Marking a region automatically copies it, without having to type C-c
Deleting a region ...
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What am I giving up by activating CUA mode?
CUA mode is very close to the workflow I am used to outside Emacs, so I am tempted to activate it.
But I have learned that Emacs may have useful gems hidden in its ways, and CUA mode seems something ...
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Integrate cua-mode with evil-insert-state
I'm starting to think that using the regular C-x C-c C-v keys for kill-ring operations make sense, as they're used that way in every other program I use regularly. (And I'm starting to develop ...
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Enable cua-mode in term or ansi-term mode
While working with term or ansi-term in term-line mode, I am not able to use cua-mode bindings. Is this possible?
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Cutting selection with CUA-mode bindings after searching
I want to cut/copy some code with this method:
setting a mark with C-SPC,
searching with C-s,
then cutting/copying the selection.
Check the following image:
I can copy selected code with M-w or ...
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Kill rectangle with cua-mode support
There are many nice column editing features in CUA mode. After hitting Ctrl+RETURN, binded to cua-set-rectangle-mark, you get some help in the minibuffer:
But I can't find the shortcut to cut/kill ...
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Ctrl-C keybinding is having no effect
I am trying to remap C-c, C-x, C-v (windows editing shortcuts for copy, cut, paste) using these 3 lines of elisp code:
(global-set-key (kbd "C-c") 'kill-ring-save)
(global-set-key (kbd "C-x") 'kill-...
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Use standard keybindings for copy, paste, cut, etc. as in other software?
I want to use the same basic keybindings for copy (C-c), paste (C-v), cut (C-x), etc. that are supported in some other software.
How can I do that?
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