2.2.2 The Edit Menu

Most of the commands in this menu work on a block of text or a selected region. The text will be highlighted as you select it.

Undo

Undoes the previous command. If you type something by mistake you can use this command. For example, if you select Insert File... from the File menu and insert a wrong file by mistake, you can select this item and it will remove the inserted file. It undoes a batch of text which is worth an emacs command.

Cut

Removes the selected text block from the current buffer, makes it the X clipboard selection, and places it in the kill ring (see Moving Text). Before executing this command, you have to select a region using Emacs region selection commands or with the mouse. See Selecting Text.

Copy

Makes a selected text block the X clipboard selection, and places it in the kill ring. You can select text using one of the Emacs region selection commands or by selecting a text region with the mouse. See Selecting Text, for more information.

Paste

Inserts the current value of the X clipboard selection in the current buffer. Note that this is not necessarily the same as the Emacs yank command, because the Emacs kill ring and the X clipboard selection are not the same thing. You can paste in text you have placed in the clipboard using Copy or Cut. You can also use Paste to insert text that was pasted into the clipboard from other applications. See X Clipboard Selection, for information on using Clipboard Selection.

Clear

Removes the selected text block from the current buffer but does not place it in the kill ring or the X clipboard selection. You will not be able to get this text back.

Start Macro Recording

After selecting this, Emacs will remember every keystroke you type until End Macro Recording is selected.

End Macro Recording

Selecting this tells emacs to stop remembering your keystrokes.

Execute Last Macro

Selecting this item will cause emacs to re-interpret all of the keystrokes which were saved between selections of the Start Macro Recording and End Macro Recording menu items. You can now execute the most recent keyboard macro. See Keyboard Macros, for further information.