How to select or highlight a block in Emacs?

Question

I want to select or highlight a block in emacs without using mouse but doing it from the keyboard like vim\'s visual mode. What is the easiest way to do this from a keyboard

Answer 1

With Emacs 25, simply press C-Space and then move your cursor wherever you want to highlight/select the region of text which interests you. After that, you may need these commands:

• C-w for cutting.
• M-w for copying .
• C-y for pasting .