Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!fed!m1tag00 From: m1tag00@fed.FRB.GOV (Tim A. Grunwald) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: assorted questions Summary: Delete-line is better than C-k. Message-ID: <278@fed.FRB.GOV> Date: 27 Sep 88 15:00:58 GMT References:<38598@yale-celray.yale.UUCP> Distribution: comp Organization: Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC Lines: 32 In article <38598@yale-celray.yale.UUCP>, spolsky-avram@CS.YALE.EDU (Joel Spolsky) writes: > ... > While we're on the subject, when I first started using emacs, I thought > I would get used to ^K not deleting the newlines. Needless to say I > still haven't gotten use to this: I generally delete paragraphs and > other such regions by hitting ^K a few times (which is more > instinctive, I think, than blocking it off), and the "stutter" effect > is aggravating. Especially since this means that M-5 C-k does not mean > the same thing as C-k C-k C-k C-k C-k ... > > Any suggestions for fixes? > Yes, I wrote a simple delete-line function which I assign to a function key. (defun delete-line (&optional count) "Delete line point is on. With ARG delete current line and ARG - 1 more lines" (interactive "P") (beginning-of-line) (let ( (beg (point)) ) (forward-line count) (delete-region beg (point)) ) ) Tim Grunwald Federal Reserve Board uunet!fed!m1tag00