GNU bug report logs - #51138
Increase the value of kill-ring-max

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 20:20:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: patch

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Increase the value of kill-ring-max
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:19:07 -0700

Severity: wishlist

The value of kill-ring-max was last increased in 1998, when it was
doubled from 30 to 60.  See commit bffa4d92e152.

Given that RAM is cheaper these days, how about doubling it to 120?
That's the value I use locally, and it has saved my neck many times.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 270 days ago.

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