Re: kill-line thrashes clipboard
|--==> "v" == vbar <vbar(a)comp.cz> writes:
v> I know it's documented behavior, but I would much prefer a different
v> one: when I want to make the same change on a few lines in a couple of
v> (OK, at least 3) places, I make it in the first place, copy & paste to
v> the second place, kill the old lines in the second place and then I
v> have to copy the change *again*, because I've just overwritten my
v> clipboard... As if that wasn't frustrating enough, I keep forgetting
v> this feature (AFAIK no other editor I'm using works that way) and
v> making random changes to my files... Is there some configuration
v> setting which would prevent kill-line from touching the clipboard?
XEmacs has a thingy called the "kill-ring".
Instead of re-copying your original change after killing the stuff in
the second place, do:
C-y (it'll put back what you just killed, but don't despair)
M-y (will change it to the previously killed text)
Subsequent M-y's will change to older and older killed text.
Cool, huh. :-)
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