'vi' is driving me crazy

[A. Khattri]

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Net Llama! wrote:

>
> Sorry, but i've never heard anyone use the expression 'yank a line' to
> perform the operation that hitting Y accomplishes.  D is about the only
> key that seems to have a logical correspondance with its operation, and
> i'm convinced that was a fluke, based on all the other utterly
> unintuitive vi operators.

Many vi manuals, HOW-TOs and help files talk about "yanking" a line - I
remember it from when I learned vi from a crib sheet.

Many versions of vi even say "yanked" at the bottom of the screen when
doing it.

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