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 20 by default, but can be configured in the settings.

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 20.

betterKillRing.multiLineKill.enabled

When enabled, if the cursor is in the same position as the last kill, the next kill will be appended to the last kill, resulting in a single entry in the kill ring. The default is false.

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.