characters before and after point. @kbd{M-@key{SPC}}
(@code{just-one-space}) does likewise but leaves a single space after
point, regardless of the number of spaces that existed previously (even
-if there were none before).
+if there were none before). With a numeric argument @var{n}, it
+leaves @var{n} spaces after point.
@kbd{C-x C-o} (@code{delete-blank-lines}) deletes all blank lines
after the current line. If the current line is blank, it deletes all
blank lines preceding the current line as well (leaving one blank line,
-the current line).
+the current line). On a solitary blank line, it deletes that line.
@kbd{M-^} (@code{delete-indentation}) joins the current line and the
previous line, by deleting a newline and all surrounding spaces, usually
Kill through the next occurrence of @var{char} (@code{zap-to-char}).
@end table
- A kill command which is very general is @kbd{C-w}
-(@code{kill-region}), which kills everything between point and the
-mark. With this command, you can kill any contiguous sequence of
-characters, if you first set the region around them.
+ The most general kill command is @kbd{C-w} (@code{kill-region}),
+which kills everything between point and the mark. With this command,
+you can kill any contiguous sequence of characters, if you first set
+the region around them.
@kindex M-z
@findex zap-to-char
(@pxref{Expressions}); and sentences, with @kbd{C-x @key{DEL}} and
@kbd{M-k} (@pxref{Sentences}).@refill
- You can use kill commands in read-only buffers. They don't actually
-change the buffer, and they beep to warn you of that, but they do copy
-the text you tried to kill into the kill ring, so you can yank it into
-other buffers. Most of the kill commands move point across the text
-they copy in this way, so that successive kill commands build up a
-single kill ring entry as usual.
+@node Graphical Kill
+@subsection Killing on Graphical Terminals
+
+ On multi-window terminals, the most recent kill done in Emacs is
+also the primary selection, if it is more recent than any selection
+you made in another program. This means that the paste commands of
+other applications with separate windows copy the text that you killed
+in Emacs. In addition, Emacs yank commands treat other applications'
+selections as part of the kill ring, so you can yank them into Emacs.
+
+@cindex Delete Selection mode
+@cindex mode, Delete Selection
+@findex delete-selection-mode
+ Many window systems follow the convention that insertion while text
+is selected deletes the selected text. You can make Emacs behave this
+way by enabling Delete Selection mode, with @kbd{M-x
+delete-selection-mode}, or using Custom. Another effect of this mode
+is that @key{DEL}, @kbd{C-d} and some other keys, when a selection
+exists, will kill the whole selection. It also enables Transient Mark
+mode (@pxref{Transient Mark}).
@node Yanking, Accumulating Text, Killing, Top
@section Yanking
(@code{yank-pop}).
@item M-w
Save region as last killed text without actually killing it
-(@code{kill-ring-save}).
+(@code{kill-ring-save}). Some systems call this ``copying''.
@item C-M-w
Append next kill to last batch of killed text (@code{append-next-kill}).
@end table
@cindex accumulating scattered text
Usually we copy or move text by killing it and yanking it, but there
-are other methods convenient for copying one block of text in many
+are other convenient methods for copying one block of text in many
places, or for copying many scattered blocks of text into one place. To
copy one block to many places, store it in a register
(@pxref{Registers}). Here we describe the commands to accumulate
@code{string-rectangle}, but inserts the string on each line,
shifting the original text to the right.
-@node Graphical Kill
-@section Killing on Graphical Terminals
-
- On multi-window terminals, the most recent kill done in Emacs is
-also the primary selection, if it is more recent than any selection
-you made in another program. This means that the paste commands of
-other applications with separate windows copy the text that you killed
-in Emacs. In addition, Emacs yank commands treat other applications'
-selections as part of the kill ring, so you can yank them into Emacs.
-
-@cindex Delete Selection mode
-@cindex mode, Delete Selection
-@findex delete-selection-mode
- Many window systems follow the convention that insertion while text
-is selected deletes the selected text. You can make Emacs behave this
-way by enabling Delete Selection mode, with @kbd{M-x
-delete-selection-mode}, or using Custom. Another effect of this mode
-is that @key{DEL}, @kbd{C-d} and some other keys, when a selection
-exists, will kill the whole selection. It also enables Transient Mark
-mode (@pxref{Transient Mark}).
-
-
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