bug#46621: Copy line

[Pankaj Jangid]

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> But please don't succumb to giving them key
> bindings just because some new contributor
> requested them.  Even if you feel you want
> to encourage new participants, that's not
> appropriate.  (My impression is that this is
> in fact sometimes a thing with Emacs dev.)
>
> Emacs has gotten along quite well for a very
> long time without feeling the crying need
> for a `duplicate-line', a `copy-line' or a
> `mark-line' command.  Maybe ask yourself why.
>
> Just imagine that some such request doesn't
> come from a new contributor - treat it as
> you would from a longtime participant.

I agree. But please, maintainers, keep the duplicate-line command. :-)

I have started using it 2 days back and I might have used it 100s of
times already. Really useful.