bug#46621: Copy line

[Howard Melman]

>> But you don't need the repeat count for that.  copy-from-above-command
>> will work well for this task.
>
> I didn't know about this.  But if I place point between LogLevel and
> INFO and then execute M-x copy-from-above-command then the result is
>
>  #LogLevelcility AUTH INFO
>
> which is not what is needed in this situation.

I never knew about copy-from-above-command either.  It's not
bound to any keys.  It's not in the emacs manual.  I think
it's also named incorrectly.

In emacs terminology it's not copying the text (like to the
kill-ring) but inserting or yanking it into the buffer (just
not from the kill-ring but from the previous line). It seems
closer in concept to how dabbrev and hippie use the term
"expand".

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Howard