From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Helmut Eller Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: copy-line Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:45:27 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1233492050 28368 80.91.229.12 (1 Feb 2009 12:40:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 12:40:50 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 01 13:42:04 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1LTbeF-0004SS-G0 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:42:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58822 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LTbcw-0006ei-Qd for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:40:42 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.kpnqwest.it!news.kpnqwest.it.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:45:09 -0600 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:PNwWJz74/mwUc2ohDhvDOVsOkgs= Original-Lines: 16 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 195.254.226.118 Original-X-Trace: sv3-pP8y7iRh/Czgk/1sWDtJ+irapUyB+A6xKSklxKBA4xFsbOPnSks4T7pfLZx7M/SNvcvqWo6R/nCBz4R!wdUWXx6k2+khB8EJO7hb/Gl3PYa5UbnwVB0fMf9QPuXnu+jYr5/4//anq1wm3yRS X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.39 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:166505 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:61827 Archived-At: * Harald Hanche-Olsen [2009-02-01 11:13+0100] writes: > Lots of suggestions here, but what is wrong with C-a C-k C-k C-y C-y? Well, I did C-a C- C-w C-y C-y before and I often get it wrong so that it insert 2 lines (often an empty one) and I have to edit that again. > Spend a little time on learning to use keyboard macros instead. They can > save a lot of time if you find yourself doing the same thing over and > over again. Are you saving your macros to a file? I never do that. Simply because editing Lisp code is much easier for me than editing keyboard macros. Helmut.