Re: kill-region without modifying the kill ring

[Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo]

Jim Newton writes: 

> is there a way or an idiom for killing a region without changing 
> the kill ring. I often want to cut several different regions by 
> highlighting them, but then insert a particular thing with C-Y. 
> If I use C-W to kill the region C-Y will yank back the string I 
> just killed rather than the one I want. 
>
> It would be nice to have a version of C-W which does not effect 
> the kill-ring. 

Doesn't selecting the text and using <backspace> do exactly that? 
By the way, as Tomás suggested, I think that you are better off 
always killing the region and then using M-y. You never know if 
you will actually change your mind and use the text you deleted. 
For an improved version of M-y, try:

https://github.com/browse-kill-ring/browse-kill-ring

Best,
--
Jorge.