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Multiple consecutive kills shouldn't overwrite the clipboard
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Description
In emacs and readline, when you perform multiple consecutive kills, they append to the kill ring instead of replacing it. That way you can kill multiple lines at once and yank them back. This also works for things like kill-word.
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Research direction
Start by locating the emacs and readline kill handling and any tests covering consecutive kills or the kill ring. Verify the current behavior, then make consecutive kills append rather than overwrite the clipboard, with tests showing that multiple killed lines and kill-word results can be yanked together.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100