[Symmetry]

Vim's preserving of new lines is more awesome than that of lesser editors. If you have

  This is a test
      ^

with your curser at the carrot, and you type 'yyp' you will get

  This is a test
  This is a test

Rather than

  This This is a test
  is a test

[dchest]

Yes, but can you make it paste the second way if you yanked with 'yy'? That's my problem.

Edit: aha, pasting in insert mode works like this!