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How did the Emacs developers ever thought "yank" would convey the meaning of "paste"? (Legitimate question. I'm aware some UX faux-pas do happen, but I don't s

• ruph123 6y ago
  Oh oh. Someone had a too harmonic day and wants to add some spice to it.
• Macha 6y ago
  Emacs developers viewed it as yanking out of the buffer into the document. Vim viewed it as yanking out of the document into the buffer. It's poor terminology either way, as yanking to me implies moving rather than copying as in both applications
• e12e 6y ago
  Maybe Emacs yanks from a clipboard (into a buffer), while vim yanks from a buffer into a register (buffer)?