Topic: Kill Text?

Question: Why would you kill text? (Quick Answer: Everything to do with copy and paste.)

Vim the other most popular Unix text editor, applies the copy / paste maxim, this way. You "yank" and then "put" (paste) text. Vim-Doc.

• XEmacs though thinks just a little differently. First, you kill the text (usually region selected). Then, yank it back. (Notice the opposite of Vim.) So, try it out a few times and make it second nature. That's it.

Kill Region: Ctrl-w
Copy to kill ring: Alt-w
Yank (back) Region: Ctrl-y

Platform: Linux
Level: Amateur
GlR