Quoting David Blevins (david.blevins at visi.com):
> First thing I want but can't find:
> -Source code beautifier

Font-lock mode.

Add to your .emacs (this is a very trivial example). Emacs config can be a black
art:

 '(global-font-lock-mode t nil (font-lock))

Look under Help->Customize too

> -How do I select something?

C-Space (mark), move cursor to where you want, perform command, like C-w wipes
(erases) from the mark to the cursor.
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