From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Strange yank behaviour Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 01:25:10 -0400 Organization: Symantec Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1090992433 6069 80.91.224.253 (28 Jul 2004 05:27:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 05:27:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 28 07:27:08 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bpgy4-0007A6-00 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 07:27:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Bph1B-0005zb-Ju for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Jul 2004 01:30:21 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!newshosting.com!nx02.iad01.newshosting.com!216.196.98.140.MISMATCH!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 00:25:10 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X) X-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.128.26.140 Original-X-Trace: sv3-v8HTcgMNfrOatkldiGfh9UJSLycALKjRe0sg3JtEZbNvkSpGliulHtBp1mC4dx6TXKv2u6PstFMMeIh!IsXU6THoLbhQxur4tSSYnsV7eWfeU8QC/aWfLzzoosXxnQMvfYJHnPeFtQEvINXa+9pGpfdUXV+2!RUKPBiKS2Ds= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.13 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:124516 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:19851 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:19851 In article , Torsten Bronger wrote: > Halloechen! > > Sometimes, when I want to insert something with C-y, I don't get the > last but the *second* last snippet that I've killed. With M-y I can > switch to the correct one. It doesn't happen always, and I don't > know under which conditions. > > How can I switch off this behaviour? I use GNU Emacs 21.3.50.2. It should never happen in the first place. Are you sure you're not giving a numeric argument to C-y? M-2 C-y will yank the 2nd item on the killing ring, M-3 C-y will yank the 3rd, and so on. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me ***