'vi' is driving me crazy

[Net Llama!]

On 12/27/2004 12:45 PM, A. Khattri wrote:
> 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.
> 

My point exactly.  its a vi-ism, and isn't untuitive to someone who 
hasn't used vi before.

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