Killing
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Yanking means reinserting text previously killed. This is what some systems call ``pasting.'' The usual way to move or copy text is to kill it and then yank it elsewhere one or more times.
| C-y |
Yank last killed text ( |
| M-y | Replace text just yanked with an earlier batch of killed text
(yank-pop).
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| M-w | Save region as last killed text without actually killing it
(kill-ring-save).
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| C-M-w | Append next kill to last batch of killed text (append-next-kill).
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Killing
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Accumulating Text