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The kill 88ring is not line specific; the text that you killed on a previously 89typed line is available to be yanked back later, when you are typing 90another line. 91<a name="index-kill-ring"></a> 92</p> 93<p>Here is the list of commands for killing text. 94</p> 95<dl compact="compact"> 96<dt><kbd>C-k</kbd></dt> 97<dd><p>Kill the text from the current cursor position to the end of the line. 98</p> 99</dd> 100<dt><kbd>M-d</kbd></dt> 101<dd><p>Kill from the cursor to the end of the current word, or, if between 102words, to the end of the next word. 103Word boundaries are the same as those used by <kbd>M-f</kbd>. 104</p> 105</dd> 106<dt><kbd>M-<span class="key">DEL</span></kbd></dt> 107<dd><p>Kill from the cursor the start of the current word, or, if between 108words, to the start of the previous word. 109Word boundaries are the same as those used by <kbd>M-b</kbd>. 110</p> 111</dd> 112<dt><kbd>C-w</kbd></dt> 113<dd><p>Kill from the cursor to the previous whitespace. This is different than 114<kbd>M-<span class="key">DEL</span></kbd> because the word boundaries differ. 115</p> 116</dd> 117</dl> 118 119<p>Here is how to <em>yank</em> the text back into the line. Yanking 120means to copy the most-recently-killed text from the kill buffer. 121</p> 122<dl compact="compact"> 123<dt><kbd>C-y</kbd></dt> 124<dd><p>Yank the most recently killed text back into the buffer at the cursor. 125</p> 126</dd> 127<dt><kbd>M-y</kbd></dt> 128<dd><p>Rotate the kill-ring, and yank the new top. 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