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Does `C-space` work for you? I currently use M-x set-mark-command instead. Other than that, emacs seems to work without issues! (Also, backspace was sending C-

Does `C-space` work for you? I currently use M-x set-mark-command instead. Other than that, emacs seems to work without issues! (Also, backspace was sending C-h, so I had to remap that in emacs.

jimwise 16y ago
Try ESC-@, which runs mark-word -- once you have the mark set, you can expand/contract the region as normal by moving point.