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[Álvaro Tejero Cantero <address@hidden>]

  The trick is to select the text, and then type
  C-w (ctrl-w).  I know it's cludgy if you're not use it it, but I'm sure
  the functionality is realated to texmacs having it's roots with emacs.

  I think there should be a toggle for it, and there probably is an
  undocumented one.

I am not sure this solves my problem. In emacs I use C-w for "cutting", and 
this is precisely what I get in TeXmacs: the text is cut, but next I have to 
type something in its place. The standard functionality in most text editors 
is that if you start typing with something selected, the selection goes away 
when you press any key. This is a combo-op: "C-w" + "write the first letter" 
where the first letter may be a long pasted text as well.

Remark:: I am by no means an advanced emacs user (and BTW, I think no texmacs 
user should), so please don't beat me too hard if I misundertood the answer.

In this direction I would like to point out that it should be possible to 
have alternate keybinding groups, as in LyX, bundled by default with texmacs, 
so that people from the C-x, C-c, C-v world don't get annoyed too early to 
appreciate TeXmacs virtues. This boils down to somebody writing a win32like 
keybinding file, but also to avoiding tying TeXmacs to an exclusively 
emacsish behaviour (in this respect).

Related to this, I think most of us agree that S + arrow key should start a 
selection. Have you any plans for it, Joris?. Should I put the suggestion in 
the http://alqua.com/tmresources wishlist? 

regards,

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