GNU bug report logs - #24379
[PATCH] lisp/bindings.el: Bind (yank-pop -1) to M-Y

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nils Berg <nilsb <at> google.com>

Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 13:29:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch, wontfix

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 24379 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Nils Berg <nilsb <at> google.com>
Cc: 24379 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24379: [PATCH] lisp/bindings.el: Bind (yank-pop -1) to M-Y
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:37:28 +0200

Nils Berg <nilsb <at> google.com> writes:

> It's extremely useful to be able to traverse the kill ring in both
> directions, especially when there's many entries in it.
>
> M-Y was the most intuitive binding for this to me, but one
> could also argue in favor of C-M-y.

As Clément said, this is already on `M-- M-y', which I think makes more
sense...  but in the common case, I think most people just hit `undo' to
get back to the previous yanks.

In any case, I don't think an additional keystroke is warranted, and I'm
closing this bug report.

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