`easy-kill' aims to be a drop-in replacement for `kill-ring-save'. To use: (global-set-key [remap kill-ring-save] 'easy-kill) `easy-mark' is similar to `easy-kill' but marks the region immediately. It can be a handy replacement for `mark-sexp' allowing `+'/`-' to do list-wise expanding/shrinking. To use: (global-set-key [remap mark-sexp] 'easy-mark) Please send bug reports or feature requests to: https://github.com/leoliu/easy-kill/issues