6 <tmdoc-title|Cut and paste>
8 You can select text and formulas by maintaining the left mouse button. In
9 order to delete the selected region, use <menu|Edit|Cut>. In order to copy
10 the selected region, first click on <menu|Edit|Copy>. Next, paste it as
11 many times as you want to the location of your cursor, using
12 <menu|Edit|Paste>. Alternatively, you may copy a selected region using the
15 It is also possible to the change text properties of a selected region. For
16 instance, in order to transform some black text in red, you select it using
17 the left mouse button and click on <menu|Text|Color|Red>. Similarly, if you
18 select a formula and you click on <menu|Insert|Mathematics|Fraction>, then
19 the formula becomes the numerator of some fraction.
21 When using the copy and paste mechanism to communicate with other
22 applications, text is copied and pasted using the <TeXmacs> data format.
23 You may specify other import and export formats using <menu|Edit|Import>
24 resp. <menu|Edit|Export>. By default, copying and pasting uses the primary
25 text buffer. Using <menu|Edit|Copy to> and <menu|Edit|Paste from>, you may
26 specify as many other buffers as you like.
28 There are two ways to make selections using the keyboard. When using the
29 cursor keys <key|<key-left>>, <key|<key-right>>, <abbr|etc.> while holding
30 down the <key|<key-shift>> button, you may select text while moving around
31 the cursor. Alternatively, you may press <key|C-<key-space>> once to fix a
32 starting position. When moving around using the cursor keys, the text
33 between the starting position and the current position keeps being
34 selected. The selection gets cleared when pressing <key|C-g>.
36 Notice that the <key|C-<key-space>> shortcut also allows you to make
37 <em|structured selections>. You may select the current word you are in by
38 pressing<nbsp><key|C-<key-space>> twice. Each additional time you press
39 <key|C-<key-space>> results in the selection of the smallest structure
40 which englobes the current selection. Ultimately, when the entire document
41 gets selected, pressing <key|C-<key-space>> once more clears the selection.
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