Cut and paste |
You can select text and formulas by maintaining the left mouse button.
In order to delete the selected region, use
It is also possible to the change text properties of a selected
region. For instance, in order to transform some black text in red,
you select it using the left mouse button and click on
When using the copy and paste mechanism to communicate with other
applications, text is copied and pasted using the TeXmacs data format.
You may specify other import and export formats using
There are two ways to make selections using the keyboard. When using the cursor keys left, right, etc. while holding down the shift button, you may select text while moving around the cursor. Alternatively, you may press C-space once to fix a starting position. When moving around using the cursor keys, the text between the starting position and the current position keeps being selected. The selection gets cleared when pressing C-g.
Notice that the C-space shortcut also allows you to make structured selections. You may select the current word you are in by pressing C-space twice. Each additional time you press C-space results in the selection of the smallest structure which englobes the current selection. Ultimately, when the entire document gets selected, pressing C-space once more clears the selection.