GNU bug report logs - #9406
24.0.50; Use M-p/M-n to navigate through the kill ring

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:43:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.0.50

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

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From: Dani Moncayo <dmoncayo <at> gmail.com>
To: Deniz Dogan <deniz <at> dogan.se>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 9406 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9406: 24.0.50; Use M-p/M-n to navigate through the kill ring
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:40:19 +0200

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 15:55, Deniz Dogan <deniz <at> dogan.se> wrote:
> On 2011-08-31 15:01, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>>
>> Actually one of the benefits of your proposal is that it opens up the
>> possibility of freeing the M-y binding.
>>
>
> Why "free" the M-y binding if it means jailing M-n and M-p?

M-n and M-p would not be jailed at all, as I've tried to explain to
you several times.  They would remain unbound, as now.  The only
exception would be after typing C-y...

> M-y does nothing useful unless preceded by C-y today, so in that sense it's already
> "free".

If you do "C-h c M-y", you will see that M-y is not currently free.


-- 
Dani Moncayo
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