R help - Feb 2014 - seeking alternative method to copy a large section of my R program

Is there any way I can insert markers at the beginning and end of a large
section of R statements and then copy all text in between to clipboard?

I have trouble scrolling to select long sections, so if there is another way
I would like to know it!

Julie (for husband Larry)

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This is a function of the editor you use and the operating system you use,
neither of which is on topic here. That said, many popular GUI editors allow you
to select by holding the shift key down while moving the cursor with arrow keys.
Note that in the long run using the source function to have R process a whole
file is much easier to remember how to do later than remembering which chunks of
code to copy and paste. In addition, sometimes the amount of text that the
clipboard can hold will be less than you want to run, leading to mysterious
error messages from R.
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On February 22, 2014 1:57:14 PM PST, Julie Royster <jsdroyster at
nc.rr.com> wrote:
>Is there any way I can insert markers at the beginning and end of a
>large
>section of R statements and then copy all text in between to clipboard?
>
>I have trouble scrolling to select long sections, so if there is
>another way
>I would like to know it!
>
>Julie (for husband Larry)
>
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On Feb 22, 2014, at 1:57 PM, Julie Royster wrote:
> Is there any way I can insert markers at the beginning and end of a large
> section of R statements and then copy all text in between to clipboard?
> 
> I have trouble scrolling to select long sections, so if there is another
way
> I would like to know it!
Each interface is going to be a bit different, but on both the Mac and Windoze I
can position the cursor at one end , hold down the shift-key, scroll to the
other end and release the shift-key and I will have the target ready for either
an Edit/Cut or a cmd-C/ctrl-C.
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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA