From: Bernd Wolter <mathae.wolter@gmx.de>
Subject: Re: backward-delete-word?
Date: 12 Dec 2002 16:55:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u65tz2pw8.fsf@gmx.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ubs3rl3hs.fsf@bicom-inc.com
Timur Aydin <tayd@bicom-inc.com> writes:
[...]
>
> Yes, that works for one paste, but when I position to another string
> that I want to paste over, the C-y now pastes the word that was
> previously killed. Because the killed data goes to the kill-ring,
> whenever I operate on a new word, I have to hit C-y M-y and the number
> of M-y's is going to be one more than before. So, if I want to operate
> on 4 strings, I will have to hit C-y M-y M-y M-y on the fourth
> string...
>
> --
> Timur.
>
Why not use registers for that. Look up the documentation for "C-x rs"
and "C-x ri" or read about registers in the info file.
HTH
Bernd
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-12 15:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-12-11 22:37 backward-delete-word? Timur Aydin
2002-12-11 22:45 ` backward-delete-word? David Kastrup
2002-12-11 22:50 ` backward-delete-word? Benjamin Lewis
2002-12-11 23:01 ` backward-delete-word? Barry Margolin
2002-12-12 14:24 ` backward-delete-word? Timur Aydin
2002-12-12 15:49 ` backward-delete-word? David Kastrup
2002-12-12 15:55 ` Bernd Wolter [this message]
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2002-12-11 23:01 backward-delete-word? Bingham, Jay
2002-12-12 15:28 backward-delete-word? Bingham, Jay
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2002-12-13 22:34 ` backward-delete-word? Joe Fineman
2002-12-13 23:02 ` backward-delete-word? Barry Margolin
2002-12-13 23:58 ` backward-delete-word? Kevin Rodgers
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