>> Also why can't we just hold down ^K^K^K^K^K^K^K^K^K ?
CD> Why do you expect to be able to do that? C-k in readline deletes to the end
of
CD> the current line. There's no reason why it should also get the next line.
Ah ha, but there is also no reason why it should not!
I hereby propose that it should.
Let's compare emacs,
kill-line is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple.el'.
It is bound to C-k, <deleteline>.
(kill-line &optional ARG)
Kill the rest of the current line; if no nonblanks there, kill thru
newline...
To kill a whole line, when point is not at the beginning, type C-a C-k C-k.
If option `kill-whole-line' is non-nil, then this command kills the whole
line
including its terminating newline, when used at the beginning of a line
with no argument. As a consequence, you can always kill a whole line
by typing C-a C-k.
and
kill-whole-line is a variable defined in `simple.el'.
Its value is t
Original value was nil
Documentation:
If non-nil, `kill-line' with no arg at start of line kills the whole line.
Anyway, this all boils down to holding down the ^K for rapid munching of
more than one line, please. Yes, ^P still needed, Greg, but one could
fix up the mess totally via the keyboard, with no need for risky file maneuvers.
