Killing And Yanking

kill-line (C-k)

Kill the text from the current cursor position to the end of the line.

backward-kill-line ()

Kill backward to the beginning of the line. This is normally unbound.

kill-word (M-d)

Kill from the cursor to the end of the current word, or if between words, to the end of the next word.

backward-kill-word (M-DEL)

Kill the word behind the cursor.

unix-line-discard (C-u)

Kill the whole line the way C-u used to in Unix line input. The killed text is saved on the kill-ring.

unix-word-rubout (C-w)

Kill the word the way C-w used to in Unix line input. The killed text is saved on the kill-ring. This is different than backward-kill-word because the word boundaries differ.

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.