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by jpl56 8 days ago
Ghost cut looks like a good idea to deal with an issue OP has :

- I located where I want my text to go

- but when I select and cut, it reflows and I need to locate the place again

Considering the millions of edge cases with Copy, Cut & Paste, the best idea seems to use two other keys for Ghost Cut and Ghost Paste. And Ghost Paste would put it into the clipboard so that you can paste it multiple times and in other apps.

I've another idea of how to do the Ghost thing :

- locate where the text has to go, mark the location

- select and cut the text, the editor reflows

- go back to the marked location then paste

the editor may have built-in bookmark key shortcuts, or it would be a new thing to create.