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The kill ring. I would marry the kill ring and have its babies. Why have other editors not adopted this? Have they?

by jfb 15y ago

billswift 15y ago
I wish the Windows Clipboard would implement a version of the kill ring. I really, really hate not having previous cuts and copies available. As a rather clumsy work-around I keep an emacs scratch file open on my task bar and copy stuff I might need more than once to it.
- jfb 15y ago
  Same with the Mac clipboard.
  - lucaspiller 15y ago
    The pro version of Alfred has this functionality built in: http://www.alfredapp.com/powerpack/ http://www.alfredapp.com/powerpack/
    - jfb 15y ago
      I will try this out, thanks.
- hn_reader 15y ago
  The ditto clipboard manager for Windows http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ has completely solved this problem for me.
- jharsman 15y ago
  Sounds like you want XKeymacs it gives Emacs keyboard commands to all Windows applications, including a kill ring. http://www.cam.hi-ho.ne.jp/oishi/indexen.html http://www.cam.hi-ho.ne.jp/oishi/indexen.html
- winestock 15y ago
  Look up Clipboard Manager by Jan Zeman. It runs in the Windows sidebar.
wwkeyboard 15y ago
I've had success with http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/ http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/ before. I just have been using emacs for almost everything so have not tried this with Lion.
JadeNB 15y ago
As best I understand the emacs functionality, vim's numbered registers are its analogue: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/change.html#registers http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/change.html#registers.
lucaspiller 15y ago
I haven't used Emacs, but I've worked with people who have, and the one thing that made me think 'wow' was this. So many times have I yanked something, deleted some white space or some such, and then lost it. If (like me) you are a Vim user, there is a plugin to replicate this functionality called YankRing. Highly recommended! http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1234 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1234
- Derbasti 15y ago
  The register 0-9 store the last ten deletes (yanks?) in Vim.
- Derbasti 15y ago
  The register 0-9 store the last ten deletes (yanks?) in Vim. This serves the same purpose as the kill ring.
  - gcr 15y ago
    Oh yes. The only thing I wish vi had was a key that let you traverse these so you don't have to remember exactly how many yanks ago you yanked something.
    - Derbasti 15y ago
      Yeah, that confuses me on a regular basis, too.

The kill ring. I would marry the kill ring and have its babies. Why have other editors not adopted this? Have they?

by jfb 15y ago

The kill ring. I would marry the kill ring and have its babies. Why have other editors not adopted this? Have they?

I wish the Windows Clipboard would implement a version of the kill ring. I really, really hate not having previous cuts and copies available. As a rather clumsy work-around I keep an emacs scratch file open on my task bar and copy stuff I might need more than once to it.

jfb 15y ago
Same with the Mac clipboard.
- lucaspiller 15y ago
  The pro version of Alfred has this functionality built in: http://www.alfredapp.com/powerpack/ http://www.alfredapp.com/powerpack/
  - jfb 15y ago
    I will try this out, thanks.
hn_reader 15y ago
The ditto clipboard manager for Windows http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ http://ditto-cp.sourceforge.net/ has completely solved this problem for me.
jharsman 15y ago
Sounds like you want XKeymacs it gives Emacs keyboard commands to all Windows applications, including a kill ring. http://www.cam.hi-ho.ne.jp/oishi/indexen.html http://www.cam.hi-ho.ne.jp/oishi/indexen.html
winestock 15y ago
Look up Clipboard Manager by Jan Zeman. It runs in the Windows sidebar.

wwkeyboard 15y ago

I've had success with http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/ http://jumpcut.sourceforge.net/ before. I just have been using emacs for almost everything so have not tried this with Lion.

JadeNB 15y ago

As best I understand the emacs functionality, vim's numbered registers are its analogue: http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/change.html#registers http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/change.html#registers.

lucaspiller 15y ago

I haven't used Emacs, but I've worked with people who have, and the one thing that made me think 'wow' was this. So many times have I yanked something, deleted some white space or some such, and then lost it. If (like me) you are a Vim user, there is a plugin to replicate this functionality called YankRing. Highly recommended! http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1234 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1234

Derbasti 15y ago
The register 0-9 store the last ten deletes (yanks?) in Vim.
Derbasti 15y ago
The register 0-9 store the last ten deletes (yanks?) in Vim. This serves the same purpose as the kill ring.
- gcr 15y ago
  Oh yes. The only thing I wish vi had was a key that let you traverse these so you don't have to remember exactly how many yanks ago you yanked something.
  - Derbasti 15y ago
    Yeah, that confuses me on a regular basis, too.