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From: gph@hpsemc.HP.COM (Old run-down actor)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Copy From Above?
Message-ID: <690026@hpsemc.HP.COM>
Date: 15 Feb 89 17:23:42 GMT
Organization: HP Technology Access Center, Cupertino, CA
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Can anyone tell me how I can get gnuemacs to (with one keystroke) copy
the character on the line above the cursor to the current cursor
position?

   For example, my screen looks like this:


            This is the first  line of text.
            This is the second line of text.
            This is the third  line of text.
            _


   My cursor is sitting where the "_" character is shown.  After typing
in the keystroke mapped to the functionality I want, you should see:

            This is the first  line of text.
            This is the second line of text.
            This is the third  line of text.
            T_

    If I repeat it multiple times or use cntl-u (say 5) and then the
keystroke, you should see:

            This is the first  line of text.
            This is the second line of text.
            This is the third  line of text.
            This i_

    Any help would be appreciated.


Paul Houtz
HP Technology Access Center
10670 N. Tantau Avenue
Cupertino, Ca 95014
(408) 725-3864
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