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by pvorb 3184 days ago
So why is emodendroket referring to ctrl-w then?
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In other words ctrl-w is "kill," which is what most people would think of as "cut," and ctrl-y is "yank," which is what most people would think of as "paste."
And Vimmers would think of yank as copy or kill save
That's funny. Never thought about that. I guess Emacs people think of it as yanking from the clipboard to the document, and Vim people think of it as yanking from the document into the clipboard.