Better Kill Ring

This extension is designed to be a better kill ring for VS Code. It can be used with other key maps to bring the full power of kill/yank (and a history) to bear.

Features

Kill

⌃ Ctrl + k will kill (remove) the text from your cursor to the end of the line.

Yank

⌃ Ctrl + y will yank (paste) the text that you last killed to where your cursor is.

History

• Windows: ⌃ Ctrl + ⌥ Alt + y

• Mac: ⌃ Ctrl + ⌘ Cmd + y

View the kill ring (history of kills you've done) and choose a kill to yank. The maximum size is 50 by default, but can be configured in the settings.

Clear

Use the Command Palette to run "Better Kill Ring: Clear the kill ring".

No default keybinding is assigned.

Requirements

You may want to ensure that there are no duplicated key mappings. You can do that after installing the extension by going to the Keyboard Shortcuts settings and searching for "Better Kill Ring" and then right-clicking on the Keybinding and selecting "Show Same Keybindings."

Extension Settings

This extension contributes two configuration options. Please file an issue if you want to customize the behavior further.

betterKillRing.ringSize

The maximum number of kills to keep in the kill ring. The default is 50.

betterKillRing.coalesceKills.enabled

When enabled (default true), consecutive kills made from the same location are coalesced into a single kill-ring entry (Emacs-style).

Note: This setting was renamed in 1.0.0 (was betterKillRing.multiLineKill.enabled) and the default behavior was reversed (now enabled by default).

Known Issues

See the Issues page

Release Notes

See the Releases page or the CHANGELOG.

Contributing

See VS Code docs.

Running the tests

There is a launch configuration for the extension tests.

Bundling

The extension is bundled using using esbuild automatically when vsce is run.

Publishing

See VS Code docs.