From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai =?iso-8859-15?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Line Copy to Another Buffer Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:46:33 +0200 Organization: University of Dortmund, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031691403 23612 127.0.0.1 (10 Sep 2002 20:56:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:56:43 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17os3t-00068a-00 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:56:41 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17os40-000823-00; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 16:56:48 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!nntp.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!eusc.inter.net!Informatik.Uni-Dortmund.DE!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 18 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:sCYkTTQQjfxmd8X8HPC+LvDxqWM= Original-Xref: nntp.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:104703 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:1259 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:1259 googleartist@yahoo.com (Artist) writes: > I want to copy selective lines from one buffer to another buffer. > So I browse one buffer and whenever I come across interesting line, I > just want to hit some command and copy to another buffer. I hae seen > the solution involving region, but that would be too much. Hm? It's almost impossible to copy the line to another buffer without using the region (or a region-like feature). (defun art-copy-line () (interactive) (append-to-buffer "COPY-BUFFER" (line-beginning-position) (line-end-position))) kai -- A large number of young women don't trust men with beards. (BFBS Radio)