Contrary to its name and all the documentation I have read, append-next-kill sometimes causes the next kill to be prepended. Example (in emacs -Q): Type "foo bar", then C-a M-d C- C-e C-M-w C-w C-y. The yank produces " barfoo". This command would be much more useful if I understood when the next kill appends and when it prepends. Jorgen Harmse | Data Scientist Civitas Learning, Inc. jorgen.harmse@civitaslearning.com main: 512.215.9628 | cell: 512.633.2226