GNU bug report logs - #7503
copy-and-insert-previous-line

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mads Jensen <mje <at> inducks.org>

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 10:23:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Mads Jensen <mje <at> inducks.org>
Cc: 7503 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7503: copy-and-insert-previous-line
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 12:10:25 +0100

Mads Jensen <mje <at> inducks.org> writes:

> I couldn't find a similar macro which did the same trick, so I wrote one
> myself:
>
> (defun copy-and-insert-previous-line ()
>   (interactive)
>   (save-excursion
>     (goto-line (1- (line-number-at-pos)))
      (forward-line -1)

>     (copy-current-line))

This function is not defined.

>   (yank))

(defun duplicate-previous-line ()
  (interactive "*")
  (save-excursion
    (insert
     (buffer-substring (progn (forward-line -1) (point))
		       (progn (forward-line 1) (point))))))

Andreas.

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