Emacs: Copy/Paste, kill-ring
Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste
undo【Ctrl+_】- Undo
kill-region【Ctrl+w】- Cut
kill-ring-save【Alt+w】- Copy
yank【Ctrl+y】- Paste
In emacs:
- Cut is called kill, as in {kill word, kill region}.
- Paste is called yank.
Paste from Copy History
to paste from kill-ring (storage of copy history):
yank【Ctrl+y】yank-pop【Alt+y】 to insert previous copied content.- Press Alt+y again to get earlier copied content. (repeat this step to get earlier)
A history of copied text is called “kill ring”, stored in the variable kill-ring.
View kill-ring Content
To view copy/cut history: Pull the GUI menu [Edit ▸ Paste from kill Menu].
