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# Line 15  is versatile, because the many commands Line 15  is versatile, because the many commands
15  also be used for moving those units.  But there are other ways of  also be used for moving those units.  But there are other ways of
16  copying text for special purposes.  copying text for special purposes.
17    
18      On terminals that support multiple windows for multiple applications,
19    the kill commands also provide a way to select text for other applications
20    to copy, and the Emacs yank commands can access selections made by
21    other programs.
22    
23    Emacs has only one kill ring for all buffers, so you can kill text in    Emacs has only one kill ring for all buffers, so you can kill text in
24  one buffer and yank it in another buffer.  one buffer and yank it in another buffer.
25    
# Line 54  data generally do a kill operation inste Line 59  data generally do a kill operation inste
59  individual descriptions use the words @samp{kill} and @samp{delete} to  individual descriptions use the words @samp{kill} and @samp{delete} to
60  say which kind of operation they perform.  say which kind of operation they perform.
61    
62      On window systems, the most recent kill done in Emacs is also the
63    primary selection, if it is more recent than any selection you made in
64    another program.  This means that the paste commands of other window
65    applications copy the text that you killed in Emacs.
66    
67  @cindex Delete Selection mode  @cindex Delete Selection mode
68  @cindex mode, Delete Selection  @cindex mode, Delete Selection
69  @findex delete-selection-mode  @findex delete-selection-mode
# Line 279  Save region as last killed text without Line 289  Save region as last killed text without
289  Append next kill to last batch of killed text (@code{append-next-kill}).  Append next kill to last batch of killed text (@code{append-next-kill}).
290  @end table  @end table
291    
292      On window systems, if there is a current selection in some other
293    application, and you selected it more recently than you killed any
294    text in Emacs, @kbd{C-y} copies the selection instead of text
295    killed within Emacs.
296    
297  @menu  @menu
298  * Kill Ring::           Where killed text is stored.  Basic yanking.  * Kill Ring::           Where killed text is stored.  Basic yanking.
299  * Appending Kills::     Several kills in a row all yank together.  * Appending Kills::     Several kills in a row all yank together.

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