Emacs: Copy Paste, kill-ring

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Cut, Copy, Paste

kill-region 【Ctrl+w】
Cut
kill-ring-save 【Alt+w】
Copy
yank 【Ctrl+y】
Paste

Undo, Redo

undo 【Ctrl+/】
Undo
undo-redo 【Ctrl+?】 【Ctrl+Meta+_】
redo

Paste from Copy History

to paste from kill-ring (storage of copy history):

  1. yank 【Ctrl+y】
  2. yank-pop 【Alt+y】 to insert previous copied content.
  3. Press Alt+y again to get earlier copied content. (repeat this step to get earlier)

Show kill-ring Content