kill-line (C-k) ¶Kill the text from point to the end of the current line. With a negative numeric argument, kill backward from the cursor to the beginning of the line.
backward-kill-line (C-x Rubout) ¶Kill backward from the cursor to the beginning of the current line. With a negative numeric argument, kill forward from the cursor to the end of the line.
unix-line-discard (C-u) ¶Kill backward from the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
kill-whole-line () ¶Kill all characters on the current line, no matter where point is. By default, this is unbound.
kill-word (M-d) ¶Kill from point to the end of the current word, or if between
words, to the end of the next word.
Word boundaries are the same as forward-word.
backward-kill-word (M-DEL) ¶Kill the word behind point.
Word boundaries are the same as backward-word.
shell-kill-word (M-C-d) ¶Kill from point to the end of the current word, or if between
words, to the end of the next word.
Word boundaries are the same as shell-forward-word.
shell-backward-kill-word () ¶Kill the word behind point.
Word boundaries are the same as shell-backward-word.
unix-word-rubout (C-w) ¶Kill the word behind point, using white space as a word boundary, saving the killed text on the kill-ring.
unix-filename-rubout () ¶Kill the word behind point, using white space and the slash character as the word boundaries, saving the killed text on the kill-ring.
delete-horizontal-space () ¶Delete all spaces and tabs around point. By default, this is unbound.
kill-region () ¶Kill the text in the current region. By default, this command is unbound.
copy-region-as-kill () ¶Copy the text in the region to the kill buffer, so it can be yanked right away. By default, this command is unbound.
copy-backward-word () ¶Copy the word before point to the kill buffer.
The word boundaries are the same as backward-word.
By default, this command is unbound.
copy-forward-word () ¶Copy the word following point to the kill buffer.
The word boundaries are the same as forward-word.
By default, this command is unbound.
yank (C-y) ¶Yank the top of the kill ring into the buffer at point.
yank-pop (M-y) ¶Rotate the kill-ring, and yank the new top.
You can only do this if
the prior command is yank or yank-pop.