Manipulating blocks of text
After you have marked a block of text, you can manipulate it in
various ways. The most common ones are described below.
Copying a Marked Block
- Move the cursor to the location in the file where the marked text will be copied.
- Select Selected from the Edit menu or the pop-up menu.
- Select one of the following:
- Copy selection - A copy of the marked
block is inserted at the cursor position.
- Overlay with selection - A copy of the
block is placed below the cursor, overwriting any existing text.
Alternatively, position the cursor and press Alt+C to copy,
or Alt+Z if you want to copy the block over existing text.
Deleting a Marked Block
- Select Selected from the Edit menu or the pop-up menu.
- Select Delete selection to delete the marked block.
Alternatively, press Alt+D to delete a marked block.
Moving a Marked Block
- Move the cursor to the desired location.
- Select Selected from the Edit menu or the pop-up menu.
- Select Move selection to move the block to the cursor position.
Alternatively, position the cursor, then press Alt+M to move
the selected block.
Note: The availability of the menu items indicated above
depends on the application implementing the editor.
The keyboard operations indicated are effective only in certain
editor profiles.

Marking and manipulating blocks of text
Marking blocks of text
Unmarking a block of text
Changing the default marking mode
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