2 ways to paste

2 ways to paste

[tomer]

here his the scenario ( timed order):
1) i mark region A
2) i copy (alt+w) region B

now i want the have the possiblity to yank region A and region B each
with different command.

is it possible?

in other words , Is it possible to have 2 different indepenable
mechanism for
1) copy yank marking block (with mark and set).
2) copy yank block that was copied to clipboard by alt+w.

hope my question is cleared
Thanks
Tomer

Re: 2 ways to paste

[Xah]

On Nov 6, 7:38 am, tomer <tomer1le...@walla.co.il> wrote:
> here his the scenario ( timed order):
> 1) i mark region A
> 2) i copy (alt+w) region B
>
> now i want the have the possiblity to yank region A and region B each
> with different command.
>
> is it possible?
>
> in other words , Is it possible to have 2 different indepenable
> mechanism for
> 1) copy yank marking block (with mark and set).
> 2) copy yank block that was copied to clipboard by alt+w.
>
> hope my question is cleared

(^_^) but am quite confused.

You want 2 independent clipboards, so that you can have different
texts in each, is that it?

If so, you can use emacs's so-called register.

See this tips page:
http://xahlee.org/emacs/emacs_esoteric.html

excerpt:

Q: I have a set of different texts i want to paste frequently. Is
there a way to use like multiple clipboards?

Yes. Select the region, then type “Ctrl+x r s” (or “Alt+x copy-to-
register”), give it a name such as 1. To paste it, type “Ctrl+x r
i” (or “Alt+x insert-register”).

If your text is frequently needed long term, such as a XML template or
signature, you can define a function and bind it to a key, so that it
inserts the string when you press a button. Here's a example:

(defun insert-p ()
  "insert <p></p> at cursor point."
  (interactive)
  (insert "<p></p>")
  (backward-char 4))

(global-set-key (kbd "<f8>") 'insert-p)

Put the above in your “.emacs”.

-----------------------

btw, your use of jargons is fairly confused.

Either use modern terms or stick with emacs's, throughout. Here's
simple table:

Modern                 Emacs
-----------------------------------
copy               kill-ring-save
cut                kill
paste              yank
clipboard          kill-ring
text selection     region
window             frame (sometimes “window” as in split-window-
vertically)
frame/pane         window
left button        mouse-1
mid button         mouse-2
right button       mouse-3

when you “mark”, you set a boundary to region. You don't “mark a
region”.

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

☄

RE: 2 ways to paste

[Drew Adams]

> 1) i mark region A
> 2) i copy (alt+w) region B
> 
> now i want the have the possiblity to yank region A and region B each
> with different command. is it possible?
> 
> in other words, Is it possible to have 2 different indepenable
> mechanism for
> 1) copy yank marking block (with mark and set).
> 2) copy yank block that was copied to clipboard by alt+w.

1. Xah mentioned using registers.
 
2. You also have the secondary selection, which is like a second clipboard:
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SecondarySelection. Very handy and probably
underused.

3. All text you kill or copy (`M-w') is available from the `kill-ring'. You can
yank (paste) any kill-ring item at any time.

In vanilla Emacs, you do that by `C-y M-y M-y M-y'... There are also various
ways to directly choose which item to paste, instead of cycling to it - see the
Emacs Wiki. In Icicles, for instance, `C-- C-y' (`icicle-completing-yank') lets
you use completion to choose the kill(s) to paste.

Re: 2 ways to paste

[tomer]

Thanks for the reply
I will rephrase the question:
Is there an option to save a region to register immediately after it
is marked
(i.e mouse-1 goes up) (maybe mark hook?)
Thanks
Tomer





On Nov 6, 7:06 pm, "Drew Adams" <drew.ad...@oracle.com> wrote:
> > 1) i mark region A
> > 2) i copy (alt+w) region B
>
> > now i want the have the possiblity to yank region A and region B each
> > with different command. is it possible?
>
> > in other words, Is it possible to have 2 different indepenable
> > mechanism for
> > 1) copy yank marking block (with mark and set).
> > 2) copy yank block that was copied to clipboard by alt+w.
>
> 1. Xah mentioned using registers.
>
> 2. You also have the secondary selection, which is like a second clipboard:http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/SecondarySelection. Very handy and probably
> underused.
>
> 3. All text you kill or copy (`M-w') is available from the `kill-ring'. You can
> yank (paste) any kill-ring item at any time.
>
> In vanilla Emacs, you do that by `C-y M-y M-y M-y'... There are also various
> ways to directly choose which item to paste, instead of cycling to it - see the
> Emacs Wiki. In Icicles, for instance, `C-- C-y' (`icicle-completing-yank') lets
> you use completion to choose the kill(s) to paste.

RE: 2 ways to paste

[Drew Adams]

> Is there an option to save a region to register immediately after it
> is marked (i.e mouse-1 goes up) (maybe mark hook?)

Not that I know of. But you could probably bind mouse 1 to a command that does
that.

Re: 2 ways to paste

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

Xah <xahlee@gmail.com> wrote:

> Modern                 Emacs
> -----------------------------------
> window             frame (sometimes “window” as in split-window-
> vertically)

I don't think there is such an exception.  The "window" in
`split-window-vertically' refers to the selected window not to a frame.

regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher

Re: 2 ways to paste

[Nikolaj Schumacher]

tomer <tomer1levin@walla.co.il> wrote:

> here his the scenario ( timed order):
> 1) i mark region A
> 2) i copy (alt+w) region B

I'm confused.  This doesn't seem possible in Emacs (in this order).

To copy a region, you need to move the cursor to B, and then region A is
no longer selected.  Are you using Emacs in a terminal?  In that case
Emacs doesn't know about region A.


regards,
Nikolaj Schumacher

Re: 2 ways to paste

[Xah]

On Nov 6, 2:59 pm, Nikolaj Schumacher <m...@nschum.de> wrote:
> Xah <xah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Modern                 Emacs
> > -----------------------------------
> > window             frame (sometimes “window” as in split-window-
> > vertically)
>
> I don't think there is such an exception.  The "window" in
> `split-window-vertically' refers to the selected window not to a frame.

you right. Thanks. My statement was a afterthought add-in trying to
make emacs look bad. lol

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

☄

Re: 2 ways to paste

[Bernardo Bacic]

> Is there an option to save a region to register immediately after it
> is marked
> (i.e mouse-1 goes up) (maybe mark hook?)

click with mouse-1 at the start of the region
click with mouse-3 at the end of the region
the region should be available in the kill ring (under X window manager at least)
not in a register but it may be close enough