Xref: utzoo comp.emacs:8972 gnu.emacs:3695 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!sdd.hp.com!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.emacs,gnu.emacs Subject: Re: little kill-region hack Message-ID: Date: 29 Aug 90 09:09:24 GMT References: <1990Aug29.022757.2855@athena.mit.edu> Sender: news@odin.corp.sgi.com (Net News) Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Distribution: comp Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: acevedo@james-tiptree-jr.mit.edu's message of 29 Aug 90 05:27:30 GMT >>>>> On 29 Aug 90 05:27:30 GMT, acevedo@james-tiptree-jr.mit.edu (Gabriel) said: > I don't know how many people are annoyed by this, but I imagine that > it's a significant amount. > The scenario: > You are editing. Hitting keys really fast. Then all of a sudden > WHOOOSH!!! half your file disappears. "Ah, no problem" you think; but > you hit C-x u and get "No further undo information available"!!! Doing > C-h l reveals that you [once again] hit C-w accidentally. I've found that in situations like this, I've always been able to recover the text that I've blown away because it's stored in the kill ring. Rotate the kill ring with M-y and you should get your text back. --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com "every now and then things become clear" -- jane siberry