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Simon Strobl wrote:

>Hello,
>
>how can I give C-s a string from the kill ring as argument?
>
>Simon
>

Hi,

Copy to the kill ring with M-w, perform a search with C-s, and copy the 
previous
argument from the kill ring with M-y, not C-y.   This worked on Emacs 
21.2.1 on Windows
and 21.1.1 under solaris.  Don'y ask me why C-y doesn't work, I don't know.

Paul