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Re: Opening file with is in killring


From: Decebal
Subject: Re: Opening file with is in killring
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 13:07:57 -0700 (PDT)
User-agent: G2/1.0

On Nov 1, 9:29 am, Teemu Likonen <tliko...@iki.fi> wrote:
> > But this puts the contents of the minibuffer in the killring. :-{ I
> > understood that with m-y I should get the previous entry, but when I
> > use that I get:
> >     Previous command was not a yank
>
> The minibuffer works like any buffer in this regard. Clear the the
> minibuffer with any commands ("C-a C-k", for example) and then yank some
> previous entry with "C-y M-y" (repeat "M-y" if necessary).

I understood the use of the killring not correctly. I first have to do
c-y and then m-y. I did not do the c-y. Now it works.


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