Re: copying text into a paste buffer as you type?

[Kevin Rodgers]

On 12/16/10 9:49 AM, Drew Adams wrote:
> > is there a way to get emacs to copy text into a paste buffer as you
> > type? for example, I would like to type 'null =>  false' once
> > and be able to paste into the other lines
> >
> >     t.string :title, null =>  false
> >     t.string :name, null =>  false
> >     t.text :post, null =>  false
>
> Yes, but you have to tell it when to start and stop copying.
>
>   C-SPC  n u l l  =>   f a l s e  C-x C-x  C-x C-x  M-w
>
>   Start:
>    `C-SPC'    Mark selection beginning.
>   Type text.
>   Stop:
>    `C-x C-x'  Activate selection, swapping mark and point.
>    `C-x C-x'  Swap mark and point back again.
>    `M-x'      Copy selection to kill-ring (paste buffer).
>
> Then `C-y' to yank (paste) it.

C-SPC and M-w are keyboard commands pertaining to the region, not the selection.

So the 2 C-x C-x commands are not needed.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA