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>         Line processing would  be  much facilitated  if there  were a
>  real "delete line" command  that deleted  the whole   line including
>  <CR> with a single keystroke.
>
>Yes, I'm with you there.  I haven't used vi in years, but I still miss
>the "dd" command.

Well, I'm not sure if you're asking for just a key binding or a
delete-line function, but anyway.  I use the following function bound
to a function key to get the behavior I want for delete-line. It
deletes the current line irrespective of where the cursor is
positioned on the line. It also behaves the same for "empty" lines.
I'm sure there is a better way to do this in emacs-lisp but I'm just a
novice in emacs-lisp programming.

(defun delete-line ()
  "Delete current line as EDT, not as kill-line."
  (interactive)
  (beginning-of-line)
  (kill-region (point)
               (progn
                 (end-of-line)
                 (if (not (eobp))
                     (+ 1 (point))
                   (point)))))

In the edt emulation package there is also a delete-current-line
function, but unfortunately it doesn't put the deleted line in the
kill buffer.

   Kenny Ranerup

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