From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#46621: Copy line Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:58:49 +0100 Message-ID: <87wnv09gza.fsf@igel.home> References: <87tuq99ova.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87y2fkrypp.fsf@gnus.org> <87ft1qq4b6.fsf@gnus.org> <87o8ge8ugr.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87im6lls1r.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <87sg5o8nk9.fsf@mail.linkov.net> <83eeh8w1jz.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="19492"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1.91 (gnu/linux) Cc: 46621@debbugs.gnu.org To: Helmut Eller Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 22 17:59:21 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lEEYL-0004wx-C8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:59:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41114 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lEEYK-00044T-4q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:59:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:39046) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lEEY1-00042r-Ts for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:59:01 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:45858) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1lEEY1-0001dE-LR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:59:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lEEY1-0002ez-KD for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:59:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:59:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 46621 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 46621-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B46621.161401313810214 (code B ref 46621); Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:59:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 46621) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Feb 2021 16:58:58 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57404 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lEEXx-0002ef-Pm for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:58:57 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:41502) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1lEEXt-0002eS-II for 46621@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:58:57 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DkpL31Mgxz1qsbb; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:58:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DkpL26kBtz1qqkQ; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:58:50 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id I-h_cTJ3j6Jp; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:58:50 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: yvzgD5rbKAYZ2tZJrpTl2pbrpHrX/3Uv38AByX2qM2iUldOF8cxJjW/gJZXZKBmD Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-167-177.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.167.177]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:58:50 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A3A8C2C372D; Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:58:49 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: ...Just enough time to do my LIBERACE impression... In-Reply-To: (Helmut Eller's message of "Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:28:39 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:200600 Archived-At: On Feb 22 2021, Helmut Eller wrote: > On Mon, Feb 22 2021, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >> More importantly, I see no description of the situations where such a >> copy is needed, so it is hard to analyze reason about the necessity. > > One example where copy-line would be useful is editing configuration > files. E.g. /etc/ssh/sshd_config list many options with the default > value but as comments, like so: > > #SyslogFacility AUTH > #LogLevel INFO > ... other options ... > > Now, if I want to change LogLevel to say DEBUG, I would copy the line, > keep the original, and edit the copied line. But you don't need the repeat count for that. copy-from-above-command will work well for this task. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."