From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 46621@debbugs.gnu.org, juri@linkov.net, mardani29@yahoo.es
Subject: bug#46621: Copy line
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 01:22:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1lE4bk-0006lF-LE@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87czwtlg3w.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Sun, 21 Feb 2021 14:12:19 +0100)
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> > What is the use case for an Emacs user to need to copy a line 12
> > times, and is it frequent enough to justify binding the command to a
> > key, and to C-c key on top of that?
> That users are asking about a command like this on stackexchange seems to
> indicate that some users would find this useful.
Sure, but how much? Is it enough interest that we should cater to it?
Adding to Emacs every function or command that some users would like
would make it even more bloated. Of course, we add commands, but we
should make sure each one is substantially useful.
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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
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 [this message]
2021-02-21 17:41 ` 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
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2022-06-18 12:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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