# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1092696644 0 # Node ID ccb70b8731b44b0b5d4fd782288a0002143d116e # Parent 378fee0ad45ea9b6f80f0852138cc045689fac9b (Yanking, Killing): Minor cleanups. diff -r 378fee0ad45e -r ccb70b8731b4 man/killing.texi --- a/man/killing.texi Mon Aug 16 22:49:16 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/killing.texi Mon Aug 16 22:50:44 2004 +0000 @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ @cindex killing text @cindex cutting text @cindex deletion - Most commands which erase text from the buffer save it in the kill -ring so that you can move or copy it to other parts of the buffer. + Most commands which erase text from the buffer save it in the @dfn{kill +ring} so that you can move or copy it to other parts of the buffer. These commands are known as @dfn{kill} commands. The rest of the commands that erase text do not save it in the kill ring; they are known as @dfn{delete} commands. (This distinction is made only for erasure of @@ -274,7 +274,8 @@ @dfn{Yanking} means reinserting text previously killed. This is what some systems call ``pasting.'' The usual way to move or copy text is to -kill it and then yank it elsewhere one or more times. +kill it and then yank it elsewhere one or more times. This is very safe +because Emacs remembers many recent kills, not just the last one. @table @kbd @item C-y