Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!husc6!bloom-beacon!mgm.mit.edu!wolfgang From: wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (Wolfgang Rupprecht) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Yanking N Times Message-ID: <3855@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 18 Mar 88 02:49:56 GMT References: <4622@aw.sei.cmu.edu> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Reply-To: wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (Wolfgang Rupprecht) Organization: Freelance Software Consultant, Boston, Ma. Lines: 15 In article <4622@aw.sei.cmu.edu> dhm@sei.cmu.edu (Daniel Miller) writes: >How do I yank the most recent kill N times? [Of course, C-U N C-Y doesn't >do it since that yanks the Nth most recent kill one time.] How about "C-X ( C-Y C-X ) C-U C-X e" For a translation into English: 1) start keyboard marco 2) (macro) Yank 3) End keyboard macro 4) Universal arg (n-1 times) 5) execute keyboard macro Wolfgang Rupprecht ARPA: wolfgang@mgm.mit.edu (IP 18.82.0.114) 326 Commonwealth Ave. UUCP: mit-eddie!mgm.mit.edu!wolfgang Boston, Ma. 02115 TEL: (617) 267-4365