Re: copy-line

[Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net>]

rfflrccrd@gmail.com writes:

> Comparing Vi/Vim to other editors is not fair ;-)
>
> Vanilla Emacs has no way to copy text that has not been marked.  Thus, to copy a line, you have to mark it first.  The complete sequence is:
>
> C-a C-Space C-e M-w
>
> In alternative, you can kill a line and yank it back at once:
>
> C-S-Backspace C-k
>
> Unlike Vi, the line will be copied/killed without its new line.  I don't know whether such behaviour is customizable.

It certainly is customizable:

(define-key global-map [(kp-add)] '(lambda () (interactive)
				     (beginning-of-line)
				     (if (eobp) (error "End of buffer"))
				     (let ((beg (point)))
				       (forward-line 1)
				       (kill-region beg (point))))); KeyPad + Key

Kill a line, yank it back:

C-KP+ C-y


-- 
Dan Espen