[PLUG] Emacs: save marked lines to new file

[Dale Snell]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2013 12:18:48 -0800 (PST)
Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 7 Nov 2013, Dale Snell wrote:
> 
> > That procedure works fine, except that it marks the buffer as modified.
> 
>    Well, it is modified if I delete content.
> 
> > So, being terminally lazy, I created a macro in my .init.el:
> >
> > (global-set-key (kbd "C-x w") 'copy-region-as-kill)
> > I do quite a bit of copy/paste, and this command makes things more
> > convenient.
> 
>
>    When I want to copy a marked block I use C-x w followed by C-x y.
> Doesn't need an additional macro.

???

Do you perhaps mean C-w (kill-region)?  I chose "C-x w" specifically
because that key combo was not bound to anything else.  Also, while
kill-region / yank-region leaves the buffer essentially unchanged, the
buffer is still marked as modified.  That's why I created that little
bit of code.  I got tired of telling Emacs that yes, I know the buffer
is modified and no, I really do not want to save it.

Also, what is "C-x y"?  It's not in my copy of the manual.

--Dale

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