Re: Another keybinding nit for afterwards

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawomir.nowaczyk.847@student.lu.se> writes:

> On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 14:16:39 +0100
> storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) wrote:
>
> #> > I think that is both a more convenient as well as more logical
> #> > interface.
> #> 
> #> I often find that after using C-y M-y ..., the next time I use C-y, I
> #> usually want to insert the previous head of the kill-ring (as yanked
> #> by the first C-y). To facilitate this, I want a M-y following the C-y
> #> to only temporarily rotate the kill ring.
> #> 
> #> To permanently rotate the kill-ring, I would like to use M-y M-y ...
> #> (i.e. start with M-y rather than C-y).
>
> FWIW, I think this is a great idea... I too am often annoyed by
> kill-ring getting rotated.

It sounds obscure to make this difference by the initial C-y/M-y
choice.  Maybe instead C-u M-y should revert the last rotation?  Then
one would not need to think in advance about whether one wants it
undone later.

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