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Re: Strange yank behaviour


From: Barry Margolin
Subject: Re: Strange yank behaviour
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 01:25:10 -0400
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In article <m3isc9xsvj.fsf@wilson.rwth-aachen.de>,
 Torsten Bronger <bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:

> Halloechen!
> 
> Sometimes, when I want to insert something with C-y, I don't get the
> last but the *second* last snippet that I've killed.  With M-y I can
> switch to the correct one.  It doesn't happen always, and I don't
> know under which conditions.
> 
> How can I switch off this behaviour?  I use GNU Emacs 21.3.50.2.

It should never happen in the first place.  Are you sure you're not 
giving a numeric argument to C-y?  M-2 C-y will yank the 2nd item on the 
killing ring, M-3 C-y will yank the 3rd, and so on.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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