Building blocks
    <p>
The two tasks I do most in Emacs (which are two of the three tasks I do
most at the computer) are read email and write programs.</p>
<p>
I probably spend far more of my time in those tasks editing than I ever
do writing—that is, I may write a first draft of a paragraph in an
email, or a function in a program, in five minutes, and then spend
fifteen getting it right.</p>
  
  
              
  - C-M-@
- C-M-H
- C-X C-P
- C-X H
- M-@
- M-H
- Mark-Defun
- Mark-Page
- Mark-Paragraph
- Mark-Sexp
- Mark-Whole-Buffer
- Mark-Word
    
      
    
    
      2 minutes to read
    
  
    
      
    
    Michael Alan Dorman
  
