Re: Clearing kill-ring

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Drew Adams wrote:
>> How can one clear the kill-ring? C-h v kill-ring produces
>> a read-only file, so one cannot edit it there.
> 
> M-: (setq kill-ring nil)
> 
> 
> If you use Icicles (http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/Icicles), you can
> remove specific kill-ring entries interactively. `C-- C-y', then:
> 
> * `S-delete' individual entries to remove them from the ring.
> 
> * `C-u S-delete' to delete all kill-ring entries that match your current
> minibuffer input. This lets you filter the kill-ring, purging it of entries that
> match given patterns. If the minibuffer is empty, then this empties the
> kill-ring completely.
> 
> 
> [BTW: `C-h v' puts you in the *Help* buffer, which is read-only. You can always
> toggle a read-only buffer using `C-x C-q' to make it writable. Making the *Help*
> buffer not read-only will let you edit its text, but that doesn't change the
> value of the variable `kill-ring'. *Help* just displays the variable's value.]
> 
> 
> 
  Excellent. Thank you.

John