Re: clear-kill-ring function

[Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>]

Joost Kremers <joost.m.kremers@gmail.com> writes:

> (defun clear-kill-ring ()
>   "Clear the kill ring variable"
>   (interactive)
>   (setq kill-ring nil))
> (global-set-key (kbd "s-/") 'clear-kill-ring)

It's more consistent to also reset the yank pointer:

(defun clear-kill-ring ()
  "Clear the kill ring variable"
  (interactive)
  (setq kill-ring nil
        kill-ring-yank-pointer nil))

> > Or, IOW, the function isn't working!
>
> It probably is.

Indeed, it is.


Michael.