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Re: emacs lacks ed's "c"
From: |
Kai Großjohann |
Subject: |
Re: emacs lacks ed's "c" |
Date: |
Mon, 23 Dec 2002 19:06:59 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) |
Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net> writes:
> Could it be that emacs does not implement a basic ed(1) command, "c",
> for changing text, i.e. emacs seems to have no way, with just one
> command, to exchange the current region with the contents of the kill
> buffer.
FWIW, I think `c' requires you to type in the new text. So after
marking the region, you might as well type C-w, then type the new
text :-)
> Not that anybody needed it of course but aren't you going to keep up
> with the Joneses?
Whee. Of course, there is always M-x viper RET...
Hm. Indeed, it seems that there is no easy way to do what you are
asking for. Hm. One would have to type C-w C-y M-y. Luckily, it's
easy to make a kbd macro that does this.
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