Re: copy-line

[Guido Van Hoecke <guivho@gmail.com>]

On 24 July 2012 18:06, Enda <enda_k2@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Usedn't there be a copy-line in Emacs (which would copy the line). In Vi,
> copying a line is yy, what is the shortest way of copying a line in Emacs
> (without writing a lisp function in .emacs)? Should there be a default
> keystroke for copying a line?
>

You may want to look at
http://www.northbound-train.com/emacs/whole-line-or-region.el

Copies or kills with one keystroke, the default one :)

I found this via http://emacswiki.org/emacs/CopyingWholeLines
where you can find other suggestions.

I prefer the whole-line-or-region apprach.

HTH,


Guido

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