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1 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
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2 @c Copyright (C) 1985, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001,
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3 @c 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
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6 @node Killing, Yanking, Mark, Top
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7 @chapter Killing and Moving Text
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9 @ifnottex
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10 @raisesections
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11 @end ifnottex
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13 @dfn{Killing} means erasing text and copying it into the @dfn{kill
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14 ring}, from which you can bring it back into the buffer by
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15 @dfn{yanking} it. (Some systems use the terms ``cutting'' and
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16 ``pasting'' for these operations.) This is the most common way of
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17 moving or copying text within Emacs. Killing and yanking is very safe
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18 because Emacs remembers several recent kills, not just the last one.
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19 It is versatile, because the many commands for killing syntactic units
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20 can also be used for moving those units. But there are other ways of
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21 copying text for special purposes.
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23 @iftex
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24 @section Deletion and Killing
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25 @end iftex
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27 @cindex killing text
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28 @cindex cutting text
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29 @cindex deletion
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30 Most commands which erase text from the buffer save it in the kill
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31 ring. These commands are known as @dfn{kill} commands. The commands
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32 that erase text but do not save it in the kill ring are known as
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33 @dfn{delete} commands. The @kbd{C-x u} (@code{undo}) command
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34 (@pxref{Undo}) can undo both kill and delete commands; the importance
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35 of the kill ring is that you can also yank the text in a different
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36 place or places. Emacs has only one kill ring for all buffers, so you
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37 can kill text in one buffer and yank it in another buffer.
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39 The delete commands include @kbd{C-d} (@code{delete-char}) and
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40 @key{DEL} (@code{delete-backward-char}), which delete only one
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41 character at a time, and those commands that delete only spaces or
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42 newlines. Commands that can erase significant amounts of nontrivial
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43 data generally do a kill operation instead. The commands' names and
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44 individual descriptions use the words @samp{kill} and @samp{delete} to
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45 say which kind of operation they perform.
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47 @vindex kill-read-only-ok
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48 @cindex read-only text, killing
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49 You cannot kill read-only text, since such text does not allow any
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50 kind of modification. But some users like to use the kill commands to
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51 copy read-only text into the kill ring, without actually changing it.
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52 Therefore, the kill commands work specially in a read-only buffer:
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53 they move over text, and copy it to the kill ring, without actually
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54 deleting it from the buffer. Normally, kill commands beep and display
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55 an error message when this happens. But if you set the variable
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56 @code{kill-read-only-ok} to a non-@code{nil} value, they just print a
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57 message in the echo area to explain why the text has not been erased.
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58
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59 You can also use the mouse to kill and yank. @xref{Cut and Paste}.
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60
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61 @menu
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62 * Deletion:: Commands for deleting small amounts of text and
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63 blank areas.
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64 * Killing by Lines:: How to kill entire lines of text at one time.
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65 * Other Kill Commands:: Commands to kill large regions of text and
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66 syntactic units such as words and sentences.
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67 @end menu
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69 @need 1500
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70 @node Deletion
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71 @subsection Deletion
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72 @findex delete-backward-char
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73 @findex delete-char
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74
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75 Deletion means erasing text and not saving it in the kill ring. For
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76 the most part, the Emacs commands that delete text are those that
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77 erase just one character or only whitespace.
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78
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79 @table @kbd
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80 @item C-d
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81 @itemx @key{DELETE}
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82 Delete next character (@code{delete-char}). If your keyboard has a
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83 @key{DELETE} function key (usually located in the edit keypad), Emacs
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84 binds it to @code{delete-char} as well.
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85 @item @key{DEL}
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86 @itemx @key{BS}
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87 Delete previous character (@code{delete-backward-char}).
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88 @item M-\
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89 Delete spaces and tabs around point (@code{delete-horizontal-space}).
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90 @item M-@key{SPC}
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91 Delete spaces and tabs around point, leaving one space
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92 (@code{just-one-space}).
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93 @item C-x C-o
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94 Delete blank lines around the current line (@code{delete-blank-lines}).
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95 @item M-^
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96 Join two lines by deleting the intervening newline, along with any
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97 indentation following it (@code{delete-indentation}).
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98 @end table
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100 @kindex DEL
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101 @kindex C-d
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102 The most basic delete commands are @kbd{C-d} (@code{delete-char}) and
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103 @key{DEL} (@code{delete-backward-char}). @kbd{C-d} deletes the
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104 character after point, the one the cursor is ``on top of.'' This
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105 doesn't move point. @key{DEL} deletes the character before the cursor,
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106 and moves point back. You can delete newlines like any other characters
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107 in the buffer; deleting a newline joins two lines. Actually, @kbd{C-d}
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108 and @key{DEL} aren't always delete commands; when given arguments, they
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109 kill instead, since they can erase more than one character this way.
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111 @kindex BACKSPACE
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112 @kindex BS
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113 @kindex DELETE
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114 Every keyboard has a large key which is a short distance above the
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115 @key{RET} or @key{ENTER} key and is normally used for erasing what you
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116 have typed. It may be labeled @key{DEL}, @key{BACKSPACE}, @key{BS},
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117 @key{DELETE}, or even with a left arrow. Regardless of the label on
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118 the key, in Emacs it called @key{DEL}, and it should delete one
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119 character backwards.
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121 Many keyboards (including standard PC keyboards) have a
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122 @key{BACKSPACE} key a short ways above @key{RET} or @key{ENTER}, and a
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123 @key{DELETE} key elsewhere. In that case, the @key{BACKSPACE} key is
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124 @key{DEL}, and the @key{DELETE} key is equivalent to @kbd{C-d}---or it
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125 should be.
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127 Why do we say ``or it should be''? When Emacs starts up using a
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128 graphical display, it determines automatically which key or keys should be
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129 equivalent to @key{DEL}. As a result, @key{BACKSPACE} and/or @key{DELETE}
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130 keys normally do the right things. But in some unusual cases Emacs
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131 gets the wrong information from the system. If these keys don't do
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132 what they ought to do, you need to tell Emacs which key to use for
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133 @key{DEL}. @xref{DEL Does Not Delete}, for how to do this.
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135 @findex normal-erase-is-backspace-mode
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136 On most text-only terminals, Emacs cannot tell which keys the
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137 keyboard really has, so it follows a uniform plan which may or may not
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138 fit your keyboard. The uniform plan is that the @acronym{ASCII} @key{DEL}
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139 character deletes, and the @acronym{ASCII} @key{BS} (backspace) character asks
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140 for help (it is the same as @kbd{C-h}). If this is not right for your
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141 keyboard, such as if you find that the key which ought to delete backwards
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142 enters Help instead, see @ref{DEL Does Not Delete}.
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144 @kindex M-\
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145 @findex delete-horizontal-space
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146 @kindex M-SPC
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147 @findex just-one-space
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148 The other delete commands are those which delete only whitespace
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149 characters: spaces, tabs and newlines. @kbd{M-\}
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150 (@code{delete-horizontal-space}) deletes all the spaces and tab
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151 characters before and after point. With a prefix argument, this only
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152 deletes spaces and tab characters before point. @kbd{M-@key{SPC}}
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156 leaves @var{n} spaces after point.
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158 @kbd{C-x C-o} (@code{delete-blank-lines}) deletes all blank lines
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159 after the current line. If the current line is blank, it deletes all
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160 blank lines preceding the current line as well (leaving one blank line,
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163 @kbd{M-^} (@code{delete-indentation}) joins the current line and the
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164 previous line, by deleting a newline and all surrounding spaces, usually
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165 leaving a single space. @xref{Indentation,M-^}.
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166
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167 @node Killing by Lines
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168 @subsection Killing by Lines
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169
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170 @table @kbd
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171 @item C-k
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172 Kill rest of line or one or more lines (@code{kill-line}).
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173 @item C-S-backspace
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174 Kill an entire line at once (@code{kill-whole-line})
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175 @end table
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176
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177 @kindex C-k
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178 @findex kill-line
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179 The simplest kill command is @kbd{C-k}. If given at the beginning of
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180 a line, it kills all the text on the line, leaving it blank. When used
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181 on a blank line, it kills the whole line including its newline. To kill
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182 an entire non-blank line, go to the beginning and type @kbd{C-k} twice.
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183
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184 More generally, @kbd{C-k} kills from point up to the end of the line,
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185 unless it is at the end of a line. In that case it kills the newline
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186 following point, thus merging the next line into the current one.
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187 Spaces and tabs that you can't see at the end of the line are ignored
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188 when deciding which case applies, so if point appears to be at the end
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189 of the line, you can be sure @kbd{C-k} will kill the newline.
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190
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191 When @kbd{C-k} is given a positive argument, it kills that many lines
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192 and the newlines that follow them (however, text on the current line
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195 on the current line before point). Thus, @kbd{C-u - 2 C-k} at the front
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196 of a line kills the two previous lines.
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197
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198 @kbd{C-k} with an argument of zero kills the text before point on the
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199 current line.
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200
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201 @vindex kill-whole-line
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202 If the variable @code{kill-whole-line} is non-@code{nil}, @kbd{C-k} at
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203 the very beginning of a line kills the entire line including the
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204 following newline. This variable is normally @code{nil}.
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205
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206 @kindex C-S-backspace
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207 @findex kill-whole-line
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208 @kbd{C-S-backspace} (@code{kill-whole-line}) will kill a whole line
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209 including its newline regardless of the position of point within the
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211 the key sequence @kbd{C-S-backspace}.
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212
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213 @node Other Kill Commands
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214 @subsection Other Kill Commands
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215 @findex kill-region
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216 @kindex C-w
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217
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218 @table @kbd
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219 @item C-w
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220 Kill region (from point to the mark) (@code{kill-region}).
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221 @item M-d
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222 Kill word (@code{kill-word}). @xref{Words}.
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223 @item M-@key{DEL}
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224 Kill word backwards (@code{backward-kill-word}).
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225 @item C-x @key{DEL}
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226 Kill back to beginning of sentence (@code{backward-kill-sentence}).
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227 @xref{Sentences}.
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228 @item M-k
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229 Kill to end of sentence (@code{kill-sentence}).
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230 @item C-M-k
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231 Kill the following balanced expression (@code{kill-sexp}). @xref{Expressions}.
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232 @item M-z @var{char}
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233 Kill through the next occurrence of @var{char} (@code{zap-to-char}).
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234 @end table
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235
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236 The most general kill command is @kbd{C-w} (@code{kill-region}),
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237 which kills everything between point and the mark. With this command,
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238 you can kill any contiguous sequence of characters, if you first set
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239 the region around them.
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240
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241 @kindex M-z
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242 @findex zap-to-char
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243 A convenient way of killing is combined with searching: @kbd{M-z}
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244 (@code{zap-to-char}) reads a character and kills from point up to (and
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245 including) the next occurrence of that character in the buffer. A
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246 numeric argument acts as a repeat count. A negative argument means to
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247 search backward and kill text before point.
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248
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249 Other syntactic units can be killed: words, with @kbd{M-@key{DEL}}
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250 and @kbd{M-d} (@pxref{Words}); balanced expressions, with @kbd{C-M-k}
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251 (@pxref{Expressions}); and sentences, with @kbd{C-x @key{DEL}} and
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252 @kbd{M-k} (@pxref{Sentences}).@refill
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253
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254 @node Yanking, Accumulating Text, Killing, Top
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255 @section Yanking
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256 @cindex moving text
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257 @cindex copying text
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258 @cindex kill ring
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259 @cindex yanking
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260 @cindex pasting
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261
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262 @dfn{Yanking} means reinserting text previously killed. This is what
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263 some systems call ``pasting.'' The usual way to move or copy text is to
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264 kill it and then yank it elsewhere one or more times. This is very safe
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265 because Emacs remembers many recent kills, not just the last one.
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266
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267 @table @kbd
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268 @item C-y
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269 Yank last killed text (@code{yank}).
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270 @item M-y
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271 Replace text just yanked with an earlier batch of killed text
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272 (@code{yank-pop}).
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273 @item M-w
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274 Save region as last killed text without actually killing it
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275 (@code{kill-ring-save}). Some systems call this ``copying.''
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276 @item C-M-w
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277 Append next kill to last batch of killed text (@code{append-next-kill}).
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278 @end table
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279
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280 On graphical displays with window systems, if there is a current
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281 selection in some other application, and you selected it more recently
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282 than you killed any text in Emacs, @kbd{C-y} copies the selection
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283 instead of text killed within Emacs.
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284
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285 @menu
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286 * Kill Ring:: Where killed text is stored. Basic yanking.
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287 * Appending Kills:: Several kills in a row all yank together.
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288 * Earlier Kills:: Yanking something killed some time ago.
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289 @end menu
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290
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291 @node Kill Ring
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292 @subsection The Kill Ring
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293
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294 All killed text is recorded in the @dfn{kill ring}, a list of blocks of
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295 text that have been killed. There is only one kill ring, shared by all
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296 buffers, so you can kill text in one buffer and yank it in another buffer.
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297 This is the usual way to move text from one file to another.
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298 (@xref{Accumulating Text}, for some other ways.)
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299
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300 @kindex C-y
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301 @findex yank
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302 The command @kbd{C-y} (@code{yank}) reinserts the text of the most recent
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303 kill. It leaves the cursor at the end of the text. It sets the mark at
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304 the beginning of the text. @xref{Mark}.
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305
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306 @kbd{C-u C-y} leaves the cursor in front of the text, and sets the
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307 mark after it. This happens only if the argument is specified with just
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308 a @kbd{C-u}, precisely. Any other sort of argument, including @kbd{C-u}
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309 and digits, specifies an earlier kill to yank (@pxref{Earlier Kills}).
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310
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311 @cindex yanking and text properties
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312 @vindex yank-excluded-properties
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313 The yank commands discard certain text properties from the text that
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314 is yanked, those that might lead to annoying results. For instance,
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315 they discard text properties that respond to the mouse or specify key
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316 bindings. The variable @code{yank-excluded-properties} specifies the
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317 properties to discard. Yanking of register contents and rectangles
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318 also discard these properties.
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319
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320 @kindex M-w
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321 @findex kill-ring-save
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322 To copy a block of text, you can use @kbd{M-w}
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323 (@code{kill-ring-save}), which copies the region into the kill ring
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324 without removing it from the buffer. This is approximately equivalent
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325 to @kbd{C-w} followed by @kbd{C-x u}, except that @kbd{M-w} does not
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326 alter the undo history and does not temporarily change the screen.
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327
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328 @node Appending Kills
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329 @subsection Appending Kills
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330
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331 @cindex appending kills in the ring
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332 @cindex television
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333 Normally, each kill command pushes a new entry onto the kill ring.
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334 However, two or more kill commands in a row combine their text into a
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335 single entry, so that a single @kbd{C-y} yanks all the text as a unit,
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336 just as it was before it was killed.
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337
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338 Thus, if you want to yank text as a unit, you need not kill all of it
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339 with one command; you can keep killing line after line, or word after
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340 word, until you have killed it all, and you can still get it all back at
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341 once.
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342
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343 Commands that kill forward from point add onto the end of the previous
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344 killed text. Commands that kill backward from point add text onto the
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345 beginning. This way, any sequence of mixed forward and backward kill
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346 commands puts all the killed text into one entry without rearrangement.
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347 Numeric arguments do not break the sequence of appending kills. For
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348 example, suppose the buffer contains this text:
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349
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350 @example
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351 This is a line @point{}of sample text.
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352 @end example
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354 @noindent
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355 with point shown by @point{}. If you type @kbd{M-d M-@key{DEL} M-d
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356 M-@key{DEL}}, killing alternately forward and backward, you end up with
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357 @samp{a line of sample} as one entry in the kill ring, and @samp{This
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359 and @samp{text}, which you can clean up with @kbd{M-@key{SPC}} or
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360 @kbd{M-q}.)
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361
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362 Another way to kill the same text is to move back two words with
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363 @kbd{M-b M-b}, then kill all four words forward with @kbd{C-u M-d}.
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364 This produces exactly the same results in the buffer and in the kill
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365 ring. @kbd{M-f M-f C-u M-@key{DEL}} kills the same text, all going
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366 backward; once again, the result is the same. The text in the kill ring
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367 entry always has the same order that it had in the buffer before you
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368 killed it.
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369
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370 @kindex C-M-w
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371 @findex append-next-kill
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372 If a kill command is separated from the last kill command by other
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373 commands (not just numeric arguments), it starts a new entry on the kill
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374 ring. But you can force it to append by first typing the command
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375 @kbd{C-M-w} (@code{append-next-kill}) right before it. The @kbd{C-M-w}
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376 tells the following command, if it is a kill command, to append the text
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377 it kills to the last killed text, instead of starting a new entry. With
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378 @kbd{C-M-w}, you can kill several separated pieces of text and
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379 accumulate them to be yanked back in one place.@refill
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380
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381 A kill command following @kbd{M-w} does not append to the text that
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382 @kbd{M-w} copied into the kill ring.
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383
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384 @node Earlier Kills
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385 @subsection Yanking Earlier Kills
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386
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387 @cindex yanking previous kills
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388 @kindex M-y
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389 @findex yank-pop
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390 To recover killed text that is no longer the most recent kill, use the
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391 @kbd{M-y} command (@code{yank-pop}). It takes the text previously
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392 yanked and replaces it with the text from an earlier kill. So, to
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393 recover the text of the next-to-the-last kill, first use @kbd{C-y} to
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394 yank the last kill, and then use @kbd{M-y} to replace it with the
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395 previous kill. @kbd{M-y} is allowed only after a @kbd{C-y} or another
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396 @kbd{M-y}.
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397
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398 You can understand @kbd{M-y} in terms of a ``last yank'' pointer which
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399 points at an entry in the kill ring. Each time you kill, the ``last
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400 yank'' pointer moves to the newly made entry at the front of the ring.
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401 @kbd{C-y} yanks the entry which the ``last yank'' pointer points to.
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402 @kbd{M-y} moves the ``last yank'' pointer to a different entry, and the
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403 text in the buffer changes to match. Enough @kbd{M-y} commands can move
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404 the pointer to any entry in the ring, so you can get any entry into the
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405 buffer. Eventually the pointer reaches the end of the ring; the next
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406 @kbd{M-y} loops back around to the first entry again.
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407
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408 @kbd{M-y} moves the ``last yank'' pointer around the ring, but it does
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409 not change the order of the entries in the ring, which always runs from
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410 the most recent kill at the front to the oldest one still remembered.
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411
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412 @kbd{M-y} can take a numeric argument, which tells it how many entries
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413 to advance the ``last yank'' pointer by. A negative argument moves the
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414 pointer toward the front of the ring; from the front of the ring, it
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415 moves ``around'' to the last entry and continues forward from there.
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416
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417 Once the text you are looking for is brought into the buffer, you can
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418 stop doing @kbd{M-y} commands and it will stay there. It's just a copy
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419 of the kill ring entry, so editing it in the buffer does not change
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420 what's in the ring. As long as no new killing is done, the ``last
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421 yank'' pointer remains at the same place in the kill ring, so repeating
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422 @kbd{C-y} will yank another copy of the same previous kill.
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423
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424 If you know how many @kbd{M-y} commands it would take to find the
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425 text you want, you can yank that text in one step using @kbd{C-y} with
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426 a numeric argument. @kbd{C-y} with an argument restores the text from
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427 the specified kill ring entry, counting back from the most recent as
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428 1. Thus, @kbd{C-u 2 C-y} gets the next-to-the-last block of killed
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429 text---it is equivalent to @kbd{C-y M-y}. @kbd{C-y} with a numeric
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430 argument starts counting from the ``last yank'' pointer, and sets the
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431 ``last yank'' pointer to the entry that it yanks.
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432
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433 @vindex kill-ring-max
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434 The length of the kill ring is controlled by the variable
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435 @code{kill-ring-max}; no more than that many blocks of killed text are
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436 saved.
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437
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438 @vindex kill-ring
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439 The actual contents of the kill ring are stored in a variable named
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440 @code{kill-ring}; you can view the entire contents of the kill ring with
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441 the command @kbd{C-h v kill-ring}.
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442
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443 @node Accumulating Text, Rectangles, Yanking, Top
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444 @section Accumulating Text
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445 @findex append-to-buffer
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446 @findex prepend-to-buffer
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447 @findex copy-to-buffer
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448 @findex append-to-file
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449
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450 @cindex accumulating scattered text
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451 Usually we copy or move text by killing it and yanking it, but there
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452 are other convenient methods for copying one block of text in many
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453 places, or for copying many scattered blocks of text into one place. To
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454 copy one block to many places, store it in a register
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455 (@pxref{Registers}). Here we describe the commands to accumulate
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456 scattered pieces of text into a buffer or into a file.
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457
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458 @table @kbd
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459 @item M-x append-to-buffer
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460 Append region to the contents of a specified buffer.
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461 @item M-x prepend-to-buffer
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462 Prepend region to the contents of a specified buffer.
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463 @item M-x copy-to-buffer
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464 Copy region into a specified buffer, deleting that buffer's old contents.
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465 @item M-x insert-buffer
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466 Insert the contents of a specified buffer into current buffer at point.
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467 @item M-x append-to-file
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468 Append region to the contents of a specified file, at the end.
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469 @end table
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470
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471 To accumulate text into a buffer, use @kbd{M-x append-to-buffer}.
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472 This reads a buffer name, then inserts a copy of the region into the
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473 buffer specified. If you specify a nonexistent buffer,
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474 @code{append-to-buffer} creates the buffer. The text is inserted
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475 wherever point is in that buffer. If you have been using the buffer for
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476 editing, the copied text goes into the middle of the text of the buffer,
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477 starting from wherever point happens to be at that moment.
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478
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479 Point in that buffer is left at the end of the copied text, so
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480 successive uses of @code{append-to-buffer} accumulate the text in the
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481 specified buffer in the same order as they were copied. Strictly
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482 speaking, @code{append-to-buffer} does not always append to the text
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483 already in the buffer---it appends only if point in that buffer is at the end.
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484 However, if @code{append-to-buffer} is the only command you use to alter
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485 a buffer, then point is always at the end.
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486
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487 @kbd{M-x prepend-to-buffer} is just like @code{append-to-buffer}
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488 except that point in the other buffer is left before the copied text, so
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489 successive prependings add text in reverse order. @kbd{M-x
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490 copy-to-buffer} is similar, except that any existing text in the other
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491 buffer is deleted, so the buffer is left containing just the text newly
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492 copied into it.
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493
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494 To retrieve the accumulated text from another buffer, use the
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495 command @kbd{M-x insert-buffer}; this too takes @var{buffername} as an
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496 argument. It inserts a copy of the whole text in buffer
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497 @var{buffername} into the current buffer at point, and sets the mark
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498 after the inserted text. Alternatively, you can select the other
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499 buffer for editing, then copy text from it by killing.
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500 @xref{Buffers}, for background information on buffers.
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501
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502 Instead of accumulating text within Emacs, in a buffer, you can append
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503 text directly into a file with @kbd{M-x append-to-file}, which takes
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504 @var{filename} as an argument. It adds the text of the region to the end
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505 of the specified file. The file is changed immediately on disk.
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506
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507 You should use @code{append-to-file} only with files that are
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508 @emph{not} being visited in Emacs. Using it on a file that you are
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509 editing in Emacs would change the file behind Emacs's back, which
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510 can lead to losing some of your editing.
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511
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512 @node Rectangles, CUA Bindings, Accumulating Text, Top
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513 @section Rectangles
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514 @cindex rectangle
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515 @cindex columns (and rectangles)
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516 @cindex killing rectangular areas of text
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517
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518 The rectangle commands operate on rectangular areas of the text: all
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519 the characters between a certain pair of columns, in a certain range of
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520 lines. Commands are provided to kill rectangles, yank killed rectangles,
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521 clear them out, fill them with blanks or text, or delete them. Rectangle
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522 commands are useful with text in multicolumn formats, and for changing
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523 text into or out of such formats.
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524
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525 @cindex mark rectangle
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526 When you must specify a rectangle for a command to work on, you do it
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527 by putting the mark at one corner and point at the opposite corner. The
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528 rectangle thus specified is called the @dfn{region-rectangle} because
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529 you control it in much the same way as the region is controlled. But
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530 remember that a given combination of point and mark values can be
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531 interpreted either as a region or as a rectangle, depending on the
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532 command that uses them.
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533
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534 If point and the mark are in the same column, the rectangle they
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535 delimit is empty. If they are in the same line, the rectangle is one
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536 line high. This asymmetry between lines and columns comes about
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537 because point (and likewise the mark) is between two columns, but within
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538 a line.
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539
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540 @table @kbd
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541 @item C-x r k
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542 Kill the text of the region-rectangle, saving its contents as the
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543 ``last killed rectangle'' (@code{kill-rectangle}).
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544 @item C-x r d
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545 Delete the text of the region-rectangle (@code{delete-rectangle}).
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546 @item C-x r y
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547 Yank the last killed rectangle with its upper left corner at point
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548 (@code{yank-rectangle}).
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549 @item C-x r o
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550 Insert blank space to fill the space of the region-rectangle
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551 (@code{open-rectangle}). This pushes the previous contents of the
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552 region-rectangle rightward.
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553 @item C-x r c
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554 Clear the region-rectangle by replacing all of its contents with spaces
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555 (@code{clear-rectangle}).
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556 @item M-x delete-whitespace-rectangle
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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557 Delete whitespace in each of the lines on the specified rectangle,
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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558 starting from the left edge column of the rectangle.
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986871288b53 *** empty log message ***
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 25829
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559 @item C-x r t @var{string} @key{RET}
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Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org>
parents: 77031
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560 Replace rectangle contents with @var{string} on each line
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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561 (@code{string-rectangle}).
37447
0bc52782144f Adapt to the change of string-rectangle back to 20.x behaviour.
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parents: 37357
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562 @item M-x string-insert-rectangle @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET}
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956f7346b171 (Rectangles): Remove redundant and erroneous name of replace-rectangle
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37486
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563 Insert @var{string} on each line of the rectangle.
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Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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564 @end table
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
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565
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38415
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566 The rectangle operations fall into two classes: commands for
23f63206a867 Proofreading fixes from Chris Green <chris_e_green@yahoo.com>.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38415
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567 deleting and inserting rectangles, and commands for blank rectangles.
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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568
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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569 @kindex C-x r k
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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570 @kindex C-x r d
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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571 @findex kill-rectangle
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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572 @findex delete-rectangle
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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573 There are two ways to get rid of the text in a rectangle: you can
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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574 discard the text (delete it) or save it as the ``last killed''
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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575 rectangle. The commands for these two ways are @kbd{C-x r d}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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576 (@code{delete-rectangle}) and @kbd{C-x r k} (@code{kill-rectangle}). In
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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577 either case, the portion of each line that falls inside the rectangle's
38461
23f63206a867 Proofreading fixes from Chris Green <chris_e_green@yahoo.com>.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38415
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578 boundaries is deleted, causing any following text on the line to
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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579 move left into the gap.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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580
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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581 Note that ``killing'' a rectangle is not killing in the usual sense; the
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
582 rectangle is not stored in the kill ring, but in a special place that
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
583 can only record the most recent rectangle killed. This is because yanking
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
584 a rectangle is so different from yanking linear text that different yank
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 68260
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585 commands have to be used. It is hard to define yank-popping for rectangles,
80b042d12556 Minor clarifications.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 68260
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586 so we do not try.
25829
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parents:
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587
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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588 @kindex C-x r y
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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589 @findex yank-rectangle
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
590 To yank the last killed rectangle, type @kbd{C-x r y}
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
591 (@code{yank-rectangle}). Yanking a rectangle is the opposite of killing
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
592 one. Point specifies where to put the rectangle's upper left corner.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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593 The rectangle's first line is inserted there, the rectangle's second
38481
33c054df8f9f Add a missing word.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38461
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594 line is inserted at the same horizontal position, but one line
33c054df8f9f Add a missing word.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38461
diff changeset
595 vertically down, and so on. The number of lines affected is determined
33c054df8f9f Add a missing word.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 38461
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596 by the height of the saved rectangle.
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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597
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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598 You can convert single-column lists into double-column lists using
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
599 rectangle killing and yanking; kill the second half of the list as a
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
600 rectangle and then yank it beside the first line of the list.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
601 @xref{Two-Column}, for another way to edit multi-column text.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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602
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
603 You can also copy rectangles into and out of registers with @kbd{C-x r
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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604 r @var{r}} and @kbd{C-x r i @var{r}}. @xref{RegRect,,Rectangle
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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605 Registers}.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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606
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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607 @kindex C-x r o
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
608 @findex open-rectangle
49330
99f721b3f74e (Rectangles): Document C-x c r.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 47200
diff changeset
609 @kindex C-x r c
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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610 @findex clear-rectangle
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
611 There are two commands you can use for making blank rectangles:
49330
99f721b3f74e (Rectangles): Document C-x c r.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 47200
diff changeset
612 @kbd{C-x r c} (@code{clear-rectangle}) which blanks out existing text,
99f721b3f74e (Rectangles): Document C-x c r.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 47200
diff changeset
613 and @kbd{C-x r o} (@code{open-rectangle}) which inserts a blank
99f721b3f74e (Rectangles): Document C-x c r.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 47200
diff changeset
614 rectangle. Clearing a rectangle is equivalent to deleting it and then
99f721b3f74e (Rectangles): Document C-x c r.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 47200
diff changeset
615 inserting a blank rectangle of the same size.
25829
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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616
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
617 @findex delete-whitespace-rectangle
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
618 The command @kbd{M-x delete-whitespace-rectangle} deletes horizontal
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
619 whitespace starting from a particular column. This applies to each of
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
620 the lines in the rectangle, and the column is specified by the left
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
621 edge of the rectangle. The right edge of the rectangle does not make
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
622 any difference to this command.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
623
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
diff changeset
624 @kindex C-x r t
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents:
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625 @findex string-rectangle
37585
d44c87635f6e (Rectangles): Remove the description of replace-rectangle.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
parents: 37572
diff changeset
626 The command @kbd{C-x r t} (@code{string-rectangle}) replaces the
37447
0bc52782144f Adapt to the change of string-rectangle back to 20.x behaviour.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 37357
diff changeset
627 contents of a region-rectangle with a string on each line. The
0bc52782144f Adapt to the change of string-rectangle back to 20.x behaviour.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 37357
diff changeset
628 string's width need not be the same as the width of the rectangle. If
0bc52782144f Adapt to the change of string-rectangle back to 20.x behaviour.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 37357
diff changeset
629 the string's width is less, the text after the rectangle shifts left;
0bc52782144f Adapt to the change of string-rectangle back to 20.x behaviour.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 37357
diff changeset
630 if the string is wider than the rectangle, the text after the
0bc52782144f Adapt to the change of string-rectangle back to 20.x behaviour.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 37357
diff changeset
631 rectangle shifts right.
33805
7d3fd66a3ac3 Fix string-rectangle doc.
Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
parents: 30895
diff changeset
632
37447
0bc52782144f Adapt to the change of string-rectangle back to 20.x behaviour.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 37357
diff changeset
633 @findex string-insert-rectangle
49600
23a1cea22d13 Trailing whitespace deleted.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 49330
diff changeset
634 The command @kbd{M-x string-insert-rectangle} is similar to
23a1cea22d13 Trailing whitespace deleted.
Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
parents: 49330
diff changeset
635 @code{string-rectangle}, but inserts the string on each line,
37447
0bc52782144f Adapt to the change of string-rectangle back to 20.x behaviour.
Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
parents: 37357
diff changeset
636 shifting the original text to the right.
52401
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 49600
diff changeset
637
66782
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
638 @node CUA Bindings, Registers, Rectangles, Top
66787
0d11e9f86005 (CUA Bindings): Add @section.
Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
parents: 66782
diff changeset
639 @section CUA Bindings
66782
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
640 @findex cua-mode
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
641 @vindex cua-mode
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
642 @cindex CUA key bindings
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
643 @vindex cua-enable-cua-keys
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
644 The command @kbd{M-x cua-mode} sets up key bindings that are
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
645 compatible with the Common User Access (CUA) system used in many other
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
646 applications. @kbd{C-x} means cut (kill), @kbd{C-c} copy, @kbd{C-v}
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
647 paste (yank), and @kbd{C-z} undo. Standard Emacs commands like
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
648 @kbd{C-x C-c} still work, because @kbd{C-x} and @kbd{C-c} only take
67434
6d3669227452 (CUA Bindings): Describe how to use C-x and C-c as
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 66787
diff changeset
649 effect when the mark is active (and the region is highlighted).
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199c39f04046 (CUA Bindings): Fix typo.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 74900
diff changeset
650 However, if you don't want to override these bindings in Emacs at all,
199c39f04046 (CUA Bindings): Fix typo.
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 74900
diff changeset
651 set @code{cua-enable-cua-keys} to @code{nil}.
66782
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
652
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
653 In CUA mode, using @kbd{Shift} together with the movement keys
67434
6d3669227452 (CUA Bindings): Describe how to use C-x and C-c as
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 66787
diff changeset
654 activates and highlights the region over which they move. The
6d3669227452 (CUA Bindings): Describe how to use C-x and C-c as
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 66787
diff changeset
655 standard (unshifted) movement keys deactivate the mark, and typed text
6d3669227452 (CUA Bindings): Describe how to use C-x and C-c as
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 66787
diff changeset
656 replaces the active region as in Delete-Selection mode
74900
5941d31b7581 (Graphical Kill): Node deleted.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 74847
diff changeset
657 (@pxref{Mouse Commands}).
67434
6d3669227452 (CUA Bindings): Describe how to use C-x and C-c as
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 66787
diff changeset
658
68510
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Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 68260
diff changeset
659 To enter an Emacs command like @kbd{C-x C-f} while the mark is
80b042d12556 Minor clarifications.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 68260
diff changeset
660 active, use one of the following methods: either hold @kbd{Shift}
80b042d12556 Minor clarifications.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 68260
diff changeset
661 together with the prefix key, e.g. @kbd{S-C-x C-f}, or quickly type
80b042d12556 Minor clarifications.
Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
parents: 68260
diff changeset
662 the prefix key twice, e.g. @kbd{C-x C-x C-f}.
66782
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
663
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
664 @cindex rectangle highlighting
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
665 CUA mode provides enhanced rectangle support with visible
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
666 rectangle highlighting. Use @kbd{C-RET} to start a rectangle,
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
667 extend it using the movement commands, and cut or copy it using
67434
6d3669227452 (CUA Bindings): Describe how to use C-x and C-c as
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 66787
diff changeset
668 @kbd{C-x} or @kbd{C-c}. @kbd{RET} moves the cursor to the next
6d3669227452 (CUA Bindings): Describe how to use C-x and C-c as
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 66787
diff changeset
669 (clockwise) corner of the rectangle, so you can easily expand it in
6d3669227452 (CUA Bindings): Describe how to use C-x and C-c as
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 66787
diff changeset
670 any direction. Normal text you type is inserted to the left or right
6d3669227452 (CUA Bindings): Describe how to use C-x and C-c as
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 66787
diff changeset
671 of each line in the rectangle (on the same side as the cursor).
66782
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
672
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
673 With CUA you can easily copy text and rectangles into and out of
71751
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Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
parents: 70360
diff changeset
674 registers by providing a one-digit numeric prefix to the kill, copy,
66782
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
675 and yank commands, e.g. @kbd{C-1 C-c} copies the region into register
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
676 @code{1}, and @kbd{C-2 C-v} yanks the contents of register @code{2}.
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
677
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
678 @cindex global mark
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
679 CUA mode also has a global mark feature which allows easy moving and
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
680 copying of text between buffers. Use @kbd{C-S-SPC} to toggle the
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
681 global mark on and off. When the global mark is on, all text that you
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
682 kill or copy is automatically inserted at the global mark, and text
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
683 you type is inserted at the global mark rather than at the current
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
684 position.
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
685
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
686 For example, to copy words from various buffers into a word list in
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
687 a given buffer, set the global mark in the target buffer, then
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
688 navigate to each of the words you want in the list, mark it (e.g. with
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
689 @kbd{S-M-f}), copy it to the list with @kbd{C-c} or @kbd{M-w}, and
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
690 insert a newline after the word in the target list by pressing
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
691 @key{RET}.
e30f43430f3c * killing.texi (CUA Bindings): New node. Moved here from
Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
parents: 64890
diff changeset
692
56810
24bffa640391 Adapt sectioning in Info to the node structure.
Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
parents: 56692
diff changeset
693 @ifnottex
24bffa640391 Adapt sectioning in Info to the node structure.
Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
parents: 56692
diff changeset
694 @lowersections
24bffa640391 Adapt sectioning in Info to the node structure.
Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
parents: 56692
diff changeset
695 @end ifnottex
24bffa640391 Adapt sectioning in Info to the node structure.
Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
parents: 56692
diff changeset
696
52401
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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 49600
diff changeset
697 @ignore
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Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 49600
diff changeset
698 arch-tag: d8da8f96-0928-449a-816e-ff2d3497866c
695cf19ef79e Add arch taglines
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
parents: 49600
diff changeset
699 @end ignore