From: David Kastrup <David.Kastrup@t-online.de>
Subject: Re: backward-delete-word?
Date: 12 Dec 2002 16:49:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <x5pts7teya.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: ubs3rl3hs.fsf@bicom-inc.com
Timur Aydin <tayd@bicom-inc.com> writes:
> Barry Margolin <barmar@genuity.net> writes:
>
> > In article <un0nckwrq.fsf@superonline.com>,
> >
> > >C-Backspace invokes backward-kill-word. I guess the problem is the
> > >"kill", which saves the data in the kill ring. I probably need a
> > >"backward-delete-word". Does this thing exist or does it have to be
> > >written?
> >
> > What I usually do is paste first, and then delete. I position the cursor
> > at the beginning of the word and type C-y M-d.
> >
>
> 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...
Ok, so instead of C-y M-y just use M-2 C-y since that will also
rotate the kill ring so that after every deletion M-2 C-y again puts
the old kill back on top.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-12-12 15:49 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 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2002-12-12 15:55 ` backward-delete-word? Bernd Wolter
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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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