bug#48478: 28.0.50; yank-from-kill-ring and kill-ring-yank-pointer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>
> Cc: 48478@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 31 May 2021 23:17:12 +0300
> 
> >> > After inserting the edited entry it resets the kill-ring-yank-pointer
> >> > for the same reason why the kill-ring-yank-pointer gets reset
> >> > when a new entry gets added to the kill-ring after C-w,
> >> > i.e. like this line in 'kill-new':
> >> >
> >> >   (setq kill-ring-yank-pointer kill-ring)
> >>
> >> BTW, bug#21199 asked to remove the above line from 'kill-new',
> >> so C-w could keep the old value of 'kill-ring-yank-pointer'.
> >> Maybe this should be optional?
> >
> > Doesn't the new behavior of M-y fill that niche, albeit by other
> > means?
> 
> The minibuffer version of M-y doesn't reset the pointer anymore indeed.
> But users who prefer the non-minibuffer version of M-y still have this 
> problem.

We introduced what you call "the minibuffer version" for this and
similar use cases, so users who want this feature can invoke that
version of M-y.  So I think we now provide ample solution for that
problem, albeit a different one from the one envisioned there.