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23.4; append-next-kill

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From: Jorgen Harmse <jorgen.harmse <at> civitaslearning.com>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.4; append-next-kill
Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 16:00:31 -0600

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Contrary to its name and all the documentation I have read,
append-next-kill sometimes causes the next kill to be prepended. Example
(in emacs -Q): Type "foo bar", then C-a M-d C- C-e C-M-w C-w C-y. The
yank produces " barfoo". This command would be much more useful if I
understood when the next kill appends and when it prepends.

Jorgen Harmse | Data Scientist
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From: Leo Liu <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
To: Jorgen Harmse <jorgen.harmse <at> civitaslearning.com>
Cc: 16016 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16016: 23.4; append-next-kill
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 13:23:38 +0800

On 2013-12-01 06:00 +0800, Jorgen Harmse wrote:
> Contrary to its name and all the documentation I have read,
> append-next-kill sometimes causes the next kill to be prepended. Example
> (in emacs -Q): Type "foo bar", then C-a M-d C- C-e C-M-w C-w C-y. The
> yank produces " barfoo". This command would be much more useful if I
> understood when the next kill appends and when it prepends.

Yes, prepend or append is dependent on the order of mark and point.
Maybe the documentation could be improved.

Leo

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: Jorgen Harmse <jorgen.harmse <at> civitaslearning.com>
Cc: 16016-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16016: 23.4; append-next-kill
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:45:20 +0800

Jorgen Harmse <jorgen.harmse <at> civitaslearning.com> writes:

> Contrary to its name and all the documentation I have read,
> append-next-kill sometimes causes the next kill to be prepended.
> Example
> (in emacs -Q): Type "foo bar", then C-a M-d C- C-e C-M-w C-w C-y. The
> yank produces " barfoo". This command would be much more useful if I
> understood when the next kill appends and when it prepends.

I have changed the docstring and the manual to make this clearer.  The
name is probably not worth changing.

Thanks.

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