Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 09:12:57 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Shift-keys under Emacs
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On Sun, 28 Jul 1996 j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com wrote:

> This isn't specifically a DJGPP question, but I'm curious to know
> something.

This question belongs to gnu.emacs.help, actually.

> into a little snag.  What I want to do is set up the Shift-movement
> keys to do marking of regions, the way that most DOS editors
> do it.

This has already been done by others.  (That's what is great about Emacs: 
almost anything you could think of is already there!) There is a package
called (not surprisingly) `pc-select.el' in your lisp directory.  Read the
comments at its beginning and do what they tell you.  (Usually, just `M-x
pc-selection-mode RET' is enough, but do read those comments.)

> I'd appreciate any pointers thereto.  However, my news connection
> is really bad, so unless there's a convenient mailing list I may just
> have to stick to here for my questions. :(

There is a mailing list `help-gnu-emacs'.  To subscribe, send mail to 
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