save buffer contents without moving mark/point?

save buffer contents without moving mark/point?

[Thomas L Roche]

Apologies if this is a FAQ, but I didn't see it when searching C-h F.
I'm currently using GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, X toolkit) of
2004-03-22 on cm-test. (Hmm, I guess I need to upgrade my cygwin.)

I'm looking for a {function, key binding} with semantics like windows
C-a, i.e. that will select the current contents of the buffer
(preferably respecting narrowing) and save it to the kill ring without
killing (like copy-region-as-kill). 

What to use? If possible please reply directly to me as well as to the
list, and TIA.

Re: save buffer contents without moving mark/point?

[james]

On Feb 26, 1:14 pm, Thomas L Roche <tlro...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> I'm looking for a {function, key binding} with semantics like windows
> C-a, i.e. that will select the current contents of the buffer
> (preferably respecting narrowing) and save it to the kill ring without
> killing (like copy-region-as-kill).

(defun my-select-all ()
  (interactive)
  (copy-region-as-kill (point-min) (point-max)))

Re: save buffer contents without moving mark/point?

[Tom Rauchenwald]

Thomas L Roche <tlroche@us.ibm.com> writes:

> Apologies if this is a FAQ, but I didn't see it when searching C-h F.
> I'm currently using GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, X toolkit) of
> 2004-03-22 on cm-test. (Hmm, I guess I need to upgrade my cygwin.)
>
> I'm looking for a {function, key binding} with semantics like windows
> C-a, i.e. that will select the current contents of the buffer
> (preferably respecting narrowing) and save it to the kill ring without
> killing (like copy-region-as-kill). 
>
> What to use? If possible please reply directly to me as well as to the
> list, and TIA.

I'm not a lisp-wizard, but this should do it:

(defun copy-buffer-to-killring ()
  "Copies the contents of the current buffer to the killring"
  (interactive)
  (copy-region-as-kill (point-min) (point-max)))

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Re: save buffer contents without moving mark/point?

[B. T. Raven]

"Thomas L Roche" <tlroche@us.ibm.com> wrote in message
news:mailman.130.1172517269.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org...
> Apologies if this is a FAQ, but I didn't see it when searching C-h F.
> I'm currently using GNU Emacs 21.2.1 (i686-pc-cygwin, X toolkit) of
> 2004-03-22 on cm-test. (Hmm, I guess I need to upgrade my cygwin.)
>
> I'm looking for a {function, key binding} with semantics like windows
> C-a, i.e. that will select the current contents of the buffer
> (preferably respecting narrowing) and save it to the kill ring without
> killing (like copy-region-as-kill).
>
> What to use? If possible please reply directly to me as well as to the
> list, and TIA.
>
>
>

I think M-w already does that:

M-w runs the command copy-region-as-kill-nomark
   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `pc-select'.
(copy-region-as-kill-nomark BEG END)

This is for Motif, Mac, MS Windows like behavior but you should be able to
use it under Linux or Cygwin too.

Ed

Re: save buffer contents without moving mark/point?

[Mathias Dahl]

Thomas L Roche <tlroche@us.ibm.com> writes:

> I'm looking for a {function, key binding} with semantics like
> windows C-a, i.e. that will select the current contents of the
> buffer (preferably respecting narrowing) and save it to the kill
> ring without killing (like copy-region-as-kill).

C-x h ;; Marks whole buffer
M-w   ;; Save region to kill ring