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27.0.50; Undo too granular after C-y M-y M-y ...

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Message #22 received at 34331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com, 34331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34331: 27.0.50; Undo too granular after C-y M-y M-y ...
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:11:37 +0100

On Feb 05 2019, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

>> From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
>> Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 15:22:04 +0100
>> Cc: 34331 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> On Feb 05 2019, "N. Jackson" <nljlistbox2 <at> gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > After pasting with C-y M-y M-y M-y ... , undo should (I think) undo the
>> > paste.
>> 
>> I disagree.  That would make it awkward to undo if you typed one M-y too
>> much.  To remove the whole paste you can also use C-w.
>
> I agree.  Both use cases are valid, so if we change something, we
> should do it in a way that doesn't close the door for any of them.

Actually, you *can* already easily undo a M-y by typing M-- M-y, thus I
retract my objection.

Andreas.

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