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bug#46621: Copy line
From: |
Helmut Eller |
Subject: |
bug#46621: Copy line |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:42:23 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
On Mon, Feb 22 2021, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> One example where copy-line would be useful is editing configuration
>> files. E.g. /etc/ssh/sshd_config list many options with the default
>> value but as comments, like so:
>>
>> #SyslogFacility AUTH
>> #LogLevel INFO
>> ... other options ...
>>
>> Now, if I want to change LogLevel to say DEBUG, I would copy the line,
>> keep the original, and edit the copied line.
>
> I already mentioned M-/ as the alternative. In the above case, type
> "#L M-/", and Emacs will complete to "#LogLevel". IOW, if these cases
> are considered as "repeat a previous word" rather than "copy a
> previous line, then edit it", the solution already exists. I suspect
> that people who are looking for this command simply don't know about
> M-/ in Emacs, because IME it's still quite a unique feature.
I certainly know about M-/, but in this situation it's pretty far down
the list of alternatives I would consider. Killing the whole line and
inserting it two times is what I usually end up doing.
Admittedly, I do have my own copy-line command and it's bound to C-x-,.
But I often forget the key binding.
Helmut
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