To cut and paste in standard Emacs, you will need to set a mark in the file by pressing Ctrl+Space, then move the cursor to the end of your selection.

Emacs is well known as an editor, but calling Emacs an editor is like calling the Queen Mary a boat. ... The cursor is just in front of the final brace of the program. To add the return code, we enter ...

1- How do I change the mouse pointer shape? I read in the GNU Emacs Lisp Manual that there is a variable to change it to the shape that you like, x-pointer; I did the "M-x apropos thing" but I don ...