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bug#46621: Copy line
From: |
Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
bug#46621: Copy line |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:58:49 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1.91 (gnu/linux) |
On Feb 22 2021, Helmut Eller wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22 2021, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>
>> More importantly, I see no description of the situations where such a
>> copy is needed, so it is hard to analyze reason about the necessity.
>
> One example where copy-line would be useful is editing configuration
> files. E.g. /etc/ssh/sshd_config list many options with the default
> value but as comments, like so:
>
> #SyslogFacility AUTH
> #LogLevel INFO
> ... other options ...
>
> Now, if I want to change LogLevel to say DEBUG, I would copy the line,
> keep the original, and edit the copied line.
But you don't need the repeat count for that. copy-from-above-command
will work well for this task.
Andreas.
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"And now for something completely different."
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- bug#46621: Copy line,
Andreas Schwab <=
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