copy-line

[Enda]

Usedn't there be a copy-line in Emacs (which would copy the line). In Vi, copying a line is yy, what is the shortest way of copying a line in Emacs (without writing a lisp function in .emacs)? Should there be a default keystroke for copying a line?

- Enda

[Bastien]

What about one of these two?

(defun kill-line-save (&optional arg)
"Save the rest of the line as if killed, but don't kill it."
(interactive "P")
(let ((buffer-read-only t))
(kill-line arg)
(message "Line(s) copied to the kill ring")))

(defun copy-line (&optional arg)
"Copy the current line."
(interactive "P")
(copy-region-as-kill
(point-at-bol)
(+ (if kill-whole-line 1 0) (point-at-eol arg))))

--
Bastien

[rffl...@gmail.com]

Comparing Vi/Vim to other editors is not fair ;-)

Vanilla Emacs has no way to copy text that has not been marked. Thus, to copy a line, you have to mark it first. The complete sequence is:

C-a C-Space C-e M-w

In alternative, you can kill a line and yank it back at once:

C-S-Backspace C-k

Unlike Vi, the line will be copied/killed without its new line. I don't know whether such behaviour is customizable.

Cheers.

[Raffaele Ricciardi]

On 07/25/2012 01:31 PM, rffl...@gmail.com wrote:
> In alternative, you can kill a line and yank it back at once:
>
> C-S-Backspace C-k

Errata corrige:

C-S-Backspace C-k C-y

[Dan Espen]

It certainly is customizable:

(define-key global-map [(kp-add)] '(lambda () (interactive)
(beginning-of-line)
(if (eobp) (error "End of buffer"))
(let ((beg (point)))
(forward-line 1)
(kill-region beg (point))))); KeyPad + Key

Kill a line, yank it back:

C-KP+ C-y


--
Dan Espen

[Raffaele Ricciardi]

's requirement is that for its was that you shouldn't ha.On 07/25/2012

I meant: I don't know whether it is customizable via Customize, as the
original poster asked for its .emacs to be left untouched. Thank you
for the tip, though :-)

[Raffaele Ricciardi]

there is nothing to be customizedOn 07/25/2012 04:02 PM, Raffaele
Ricciardi wrote:> I meant: I don't know whether it is customizable via

Customize, as the
> original poster asked for its .emacs to be left untouched. Thank you
> for the tip, though :-)

Well, no customization is needed: to copy the whole line, including the
newline:

C-a C-SPC C-n M-w

Cheers.

[rffl...@gmail.com]

Comparing Vi/Vim to other editors is not fair ;-)

Vanilla Emacs has no way to copy text that has not been marked. Thus, to copy a line, you have to mark it first. The complete sequence is:

C-a C-Space C-e M-w

In alternative, you can kill a line and yank it back at once:

C-S-Backspace C-k

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 05.07.2012 21:08, schrieb Enda:
> What happened to copy-line in Emacs (which would copy the line). In Vi, copying a line is yy, what is the shortest way of copying a line in Emacs (without writing a lisp function in .emacs)? Should there be a default keychord for copying a line?
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Enda
>

you may try

https://launchpad.net/s-x-emacs-werkstatt/trunk/1.3/+download/S-X-Emacs-Werkstatt-1.3.tar.gz

it comes with ar-line-atpt, which should do what you want.

Also it delivers some hundred related commands, reducing the need for customizations/creations somehow

Andreas

[Guido Van Hoecke]

On 24 July 2012 18:06, Enda <end...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Usedn't there be a copy-line in Emacs (which would copy the line). In Vi,

> copying a line is yy, what is the shortest way of copying a line in Emacs
> (without writing a lisp function in .emacs)? Should there be a default

> keystroke for copying a line?
>

You may want to look at
http://www.northbound-train.com/emacs/whole-line-or-region.el

Copies or kills with one keystroke, the default one :)

I found this via http://emacswiki.org/emacs/CopyingWholeLines
where you can find other suggestions.

I prefer the whole-line-or-region apprach.

HTH,


Guido

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