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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Message #8 received at 16016 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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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