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From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
To: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
Cc: 46621@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, mardani29@yahoo.es
Subject: bug#46621: Copy line
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 10:54:24 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87im6lls1r.fsf@mail.linkov.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1lDi7C-0005pz-FN@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard Stallman's message of "Sun, 21 Feb 2021 01:21:10 -0500")

>   > >> In programming modes, if you need to declare a bunch of variables, you
>   > >> may duplicate the current line several times and then proceed to rename
>   > >> them.  I see the proposed new command may be useful in that scenario.
>
> Once in a while I want to do that.  It is easy: C-a C-k C-k,
> they C-y as many times as needed.

Let's compare these two solutions.  Trying to copy 10 lines:

  C-a C-k C-k C-y C-y C-y C-y C-y C-y C-y C-y C-y C-y

and adds an unrequested entry to the kill ring
that the user needs to remove from the kill ring later.

When bound to a short key, it's just

  C-12 C-c c

and doesn't change the contents of the kill ring.

> Instead of a command to duplicate the current line repeatedly,
> how about a command to yank the current kill repeatedly?
> That would be useful in a much broader range of situations.
>
> I wonder if the current meaning of the numeric argument to C-y (reach
> back in the kill ring) is actually useful.  Would it be better for
> it to repeat the yank in this way?

It's not realistic to change the meaning of the numeric arg to C-y.
People already use the current meaning for decades.





  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-21  8:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 117+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-18 19:07 bug#46621: Copy line Juri Linkov
2021-02-18 19:30 ` bug#46621: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-20  6:58   ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-19 13:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-19 20:27   ` Daniel Martín via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2021-02-20  6:54     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 13:05       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 13:12         ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 13:18           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 14:15             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-20 14:35               ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-02-20 13:03     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-20 18:28       ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-21  6:16         ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-21  6:21         ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-21  8:54           ` Juri Linkov [this message]
2021-02-21 10:41             ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 13:12               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 13:19                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 15:51                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 17:06                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 17:39                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-02-21 18:00                     ` bug#46621: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 17:45                 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-22  6:22                 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-21 17:41               ` bug#46621: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-21 20:37               ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-21 22:06                 ` bug#46621: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-22 15:45                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-21 23:04             ` Howard Melman
2021-02-22  6:23             ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-22  9:07               ` Juri Linkov
2021-02-22 15:43                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-22 16:28                   ` Helmut Eller
2021-02-22 16:58                     ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-22 18:32                       ` Helmut Eller
2021-02-22 19:41                         ` Howard Melman
2021-02-22 19:46                           ` bug#46621: [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-23 19:29                             ` Dmitry Gutov
2022-06-28 14:28                               ` Drew Adams
2021-02-22 17:08                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-22 18:42                       ` Helmut Eller
2021-02-22 17:04                   ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-22 17:16                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-22 17:54                       ` Gregory Heytings
2021-02-22 20:51                   ` Stephen Berman
2021-02-21 13:13         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-17 17:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-18  9:32   ` Simen Heggestøyl
2022-06-20 18:28   ` Richard Stallman
2022-06-18 18:02 ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-06-18 18:09   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-19 15:02     ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-07-03 17:21     ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-07-04  3:24       ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-07-05 16:02       ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-07-05 16:52         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-05 20:19           ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-06-19 11:43   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-19 15:20     ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-06-19 15:22       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-20  9:26         ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-06-21 10:35           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-21 11:13             ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-06-22  4:11               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-21 17:41             ` Juri Linkov
2022-06-22  4:07               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-22  7:28                 ` Juri Linkov
2022-06-22  7:54                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-22 17:21                     ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-06-22 18:24                       ` Juri Linkov
2022-06-22 18:45                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-23  7:49                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-23  8:08                         ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-06-23  8:17                           ` Andreas Schwab
2022-06-23  9:05                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-06 17:34                               ` Juri Linkov
2022-07-07  7:58                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-07 16:45                                   ` Juri Linkov
2022-07-07 18:03                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-07 18:20                                       ` Juri Linkov
2022-07-07 18:24                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-08 17:10                                           ` Juri Linkov
2022-07-10 12:57                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-14 17:16                                           ` Juri Linkov
2022-07-14 17:47                                             ` Andreas Schwab
2022-07-14 19:30                                               ` Juri Linkov
2022-06-23  9:22                             ` Robert Pluim
2022-06-23 11:16                               ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-06-23 11:34                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-23  9:04                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-23 11:12                             ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-06-23 15:10                     ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-06-23 15:20                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-25 16:35                         ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-06-23 17:35                       ` Juri Linkov
2022-06-23 17:49                         ` Drew Adams
2022-06-25 16:51                         ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-06-25 17:48                           ` Drew Adams
2022-06-27 19:40                           ` Juri Linkov
2022-06-28  8:41                             ` Mattias Engdegård
2022-06-28 12:10                               ` Helmut Eller
2022-06-22 14:10                   ` Drew Adams
2022-06-22 17:27                     ` Pankaj Jangid
2022-06-22 20:44   ` Sean Whitton
2022-06-22 20:50     ` Drew Adams
2022-06-23 15:47       ` Helmut Eller
2022-06-23 16:07         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-23 17:46         ` Drew Adams
2022-06-23  5:47     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-23 17:00       ` Sean Whitton
2022-06-23 17:37         ` Sean Whitton
2022-06-23 18:31         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-30 16:31           ` Sean Whitton
2022-07-01  9:27             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-01 16:34               ` Sean Whitton
     [not found] <87a6aal3l5.fsf@simenheg@gmail.com>
2022-06-18 12:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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