From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: barry@python.org
Cc: 1496@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#1496: 23.0.60; comint-delete-output should copy region to the kill ring
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 17:14:02 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lf62mj45.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081204233711.3FD4C90809F@mission.wooz.org> (barry@python.org's message of "Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:37:10 -0500 (EST)")
barry@python.org writes:
> comint-delete-output uses delete-region instead of kill-region because the
> latter sets this-command. Still, comint-delete-output should copy the killed
> region to the kill ring so that it can be conveniently yanked into other
> buffers. A use case:
>
> I use bzr diff in a shell buffer to get the changes in my working directory.
> I'd like to copy that output directly into an email or a pastebin buffer.
> With comint-delete-output's current behavior I can't use C-c C-o because the
> output is thrown away. By adding a call to copy-region-as-kill, I can now go
> to my mail buffer and hit C-y to paste the diff output.
(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately wasn't resolved at
the time.)
I think that sounds like useful functionality, to I've now made
`C-u C-c C-o' save the output on the kill ring (before deleting it) in
Emacs 28.
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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-12-04 23:37 bug#1496: 23.0.60; comint-delete-output should copy region to the kill ring barry
2008-12-11 16:24 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-12-11 16:48 ` Barry Warsaw
2021-07-19 15:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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