From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: copying and pasting in emacs Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 14:55:52 +0000 Message-ID: <20090406145552.GE1645@muc.de> References: <20090406094744.GA18414@debian-hp.lan> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1239031299 14270 80.91.229.12 (6 Apr 2009 15:21:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:21:39 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: Daniel Dalton Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 06 17:22:58 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 1Lqqej-0005mH-SB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:22:38 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:34490 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LqqdL-0004aK-N4 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 11:21:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LqqFJ-0004dh-0Q for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:56:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LqqFE-0004an-Ca for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:56:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=34703 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LqqFD-0004aW-Ue for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:56:16 -0400 Original-Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:2144 helo=mail.muc.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LqqFD-0004D7-Dj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:56:15 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 21101 invoked by uid 3782); 6 Apr 2009 14:56:13 -0000 Original-Received: from acm.muc.de (pD9E52F33.dip.t-dialin.net [217.229.47.51]) by colin2.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:56:11 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 12937 invoked by uid 1000); 6 Apr 2009 14:55:52 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090406094744.GA18414@debian-hp.lan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 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:63515 Archived-At: Hi, Daniel! On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 07:47:44PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:07:41AM +0200, Bourgneuf Francois wrote: > > Use C-y for pasting (y stands for yank) > I know I'm going to probably get yelled at, sorry I know I should go > read the manual, but considering this was asked, what's the command to > grab an old yank? M-y. First do C-y, see that you've yanked the wrong stuff, then do M-y repeatedly till you get what you want. > eg. yank something that was cut before the last cut? > eg. ctr+space ctr+w ctr+k then oh damn, how do I paste that first block > of text? > Hope that makes sense! Absolutely! > Daniel. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).