Emacs: Copy Paste, kill-ring

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Cut, Copy, Paste

kill-regionCtrl+w
Cut
kill-ring-saveAlt+w
Copy
yankCtrl+y
Paste

Undo, Redo

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

Paste from Copy History

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

  1. yankCtrl+y
  2. yank-popAlt+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

Emacs, copy paste