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In article <i5usu1$ois$2@reader1.panix.com>,
David Combs <dkcombs@panix.com> wrote:
>
>FWIW, when I want to COPY a region, I do this:
>   C-w
>   y   (yank it right back -- or C-x u (undo))
>   go to other location
>   y (again)
>
>David
>
>

Oh, and why not M-w?

Because it's much more obvious, "in your face",
what is being copied, when the whole region
disappears (and comes back) than a cursor-bounce.

David