Re: whole-line-or-region

[Joe Casadonte]

On 29 Nov 2008, Francesco Potortì wrote:

> This is what I have had in my .emacs for years.  It is one of those
> things that I miss most when using an Emacs that I have not yet
> customised:
>
> (defun kill-entire-line (n)
> "Kill ARG entire lines starting from the one where point is."
> (interactive "*p")
> (beginning-of-line)
> (kill-line n))
> (global-set-key "\M-k" 'kill-entire-line)

I added an example to the Emacs Wiki page explaining why
whole-line-or-region is different than this simpler function:

   http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs-en/WholeLineOrRegion

Whether or not that's important for you is, of course, up to you.  Enjoy!

--
Regards,


joe
Joe Casadonte
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