bug#46621: Copy line

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net> writes:

>>> duplicate-line should keep point at the same column.
>>
>> Ah, yes, that might be nice...
>
> Here is the patch that does this.  So if you have
>
>   foo 1 bar
>
> and need to get
>
>   foo 1 bar
>   foo 2 bar
>   foo 3 bar
>   foo 4 bar
>   foo 5 bar
>
> it requires typing the minimal number of keys -
> move point to the column with 1, and type:
>
>   C-u <copy-line> 2 <down> 3 <down> 4 <down> 5 <down>

I think I've changed my mind about moving point -- leaving it where it
is makes sense if you've bound `duplicate-line' to a single key, and
then you'd say, for instance, `M-o' `M-o' `M-o' `M-o'.  And then you'd
not want point to move, but be left where it is, so you can start
editing by hitting <down>.

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