Jorge A. Alfaro-Murillo writes:
Doesn't selecting the text and using <backspace> do exactly
that? By the way, as Tomás suggested, I think that you are
better off always killing the region and then using M-y. You
never know if you will actually change your mind and use the
text you deleted. For an improved version of M-y, try:
https://github.com/browse-kill-ring/browse-kill-ring
The problem, as I described above is that every time I press
C-w, then to get back the text I want to yank, I must press M-y
N+1 times.
Here is the sequence. I copy the region I want to insert with
M-w, then I start reading through the text in the buffer, every
time I encounter a string I want to replace with C-y, I have to
first delete what's there. So I select the first using M-space a
few times, and press C-w C-y M-y, then continue to the text I
want to remove and replace (maybe the same string again, or
maybe one slightly different), and press M-space (a few times),
then C-w C-y M-y M-y, next time I have to press C-w C-y M-y M-y
M-y The 20th time I need to press C-w C-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y
M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y M-y
That's why the M-y suggestion does not work.