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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-08-16 22:50:44 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-08-16 22:50:44 +0000
commitb3ada79133ad045690d1b48a40cbddb40d2c612a (patch)
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parenta401596d50cc830dbd04c574fa0f5472165732c9 (diff)
downloademacs-b3ada79133ad045690d1b48a40cbddb40d2c612a.tar.gz
(Yanking, Killing): Minor cleanups.
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@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ one buffer and yank it in another buffer.
@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 @@ single kill ring entry as usual.
@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