# HG changeset patch # User Jay Belanger # Date 1214285027 0 # Node ID 7a3513f18d31588440e2f9223f0fae6837c4c191 # Parent 9c123dfc1232589aa1a466e9d4feb354802f5fb8 (Killing from the stack): Mention how to use normal Emacs copying. diff -r 9c123dfc1232 -r 7a3513f18d31 doc/misc/calc.texi --- a/doc/misc/calc.texi Tue Jun 24 05:22:08 2008 +0000 +++ b/doc/misc/calc.texi Tue Jun 24 05:23:47 2008 +0000 @@ -29228,24 +29228,28 @@ @pindex calc-kill-region @kindex M-w @pindex calc-copy-region-as-kill +@kindex M-C-w @cindex Kill ring -@dfn{Kill} commands are Emacs commands that insert text into the -``kill ring,'' from which it can later be ``yanked'' by a @kbd{C-y} -command. Three common kill commands in normal Emacs are @kbd{C-k}, which -kills one line, @kbd{C-w}, which kills the region between mark and point, -and @kbd{M-w}, which puts the region into the kill ring without actually -deleting it. All of these commands work in the Calculator, too. Also, -@kbd{M-k} has been provided to complete the set; it puts the current line -into the kill ring without deleting anything. +@dfn{Kill} commands are Emacs commands that insert text into the ``kill +ring,'' from which it can later be ``yanked'' by a @kbd{C-y} command. +Three common kill commands in normal Emacs are @kbd{C-k}, which kills +one line, @kbd{C-w}, which kills the region between mark and point, and +@kbd{M-w}, which puts the region into the kill ring without actually +deleting it. All of these commands work in the Calculator, too, +although in the Calculator they operate on whole stack entries, so they +``round up'' the specified region to encompass full lines. (To copy +only parts of lines, the @kbd{M-C-w} command in the Calculator will copy +the region to the kill ring without any ``rounding up'', just like the +@kbd{M-w} command in normal Emacs.) Also, @kbd{M-k} has been provided +to complete the set; it puts the current line into the kill ring without +deleting anything. The kill commands are unusual in that they pay attention to the location -of the cursor in the Calculator buffer. If the cursor is on or below the -bottom line, the kill commands operate on the top of the stack. Otherwise, -they operate on whatever stack element the cursor is on. Calc's kill -commands always operate on whole stack entries. (They act the same as their -standard Emacs cousins except they ``round up'' the specified region to -encompass full lines.) The text is copied into the kill ring exactly as -it appears on the screen, including line numbers if they are enabled. +of the cursor in the Calculator buffer. If the cursor is on or below +the bottom line, the kill commands operate on the top of the stack. +Otherwise, they operate on whatever stack element the cursor is on. The +text is copied into the kill ring exactly as it appears on the screen, +including line numbers if they are enabled. A numeric prefix argument to @kbd{C-k} or @kbd{M-k} affects the number of lines killed. A positive argument kills the current line and @expr{n-1}