GNU bug report logs - #16016
23.4; append-next-kill

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jorgen Harmse <jorgen.harmse <at> civitaslearning.com>

Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 22:15:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 23.4

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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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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