I saw this same question for VIM and it has been something that I myself wanted to know how to do for Emacs. In ReSharper I use CTRL-D for this action. What is the least num
The simplest way is Chris Conway's method.
C-a C-SPACE C-n M-w C-y
That's the default way mandated by EMACS. In my opinion, it's better to use the standard. I am always careful towards customization one's own key-binding in EMACS. EMACS is already powerful enough, I think we should try our best to adapt to its own key-bindings.
Though it's a bit lengthy, but when you are used to it, you can do fast and will find this is fun!