No, it is not. Emacs may use the term "yank buffer" globally. vim does not: in vim, they are simply called "buffers". There is a command called "yank" because

No, it is not. Emacs may use the term "yank buffer" globally. vim does not: in vim, they are simply called "buffers". There is a command called "yank" because it is bound by default to "y" but this command is not the only way to place text into a buffer. https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/learning-the-vi/9780596529833/ch04s03.html https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/learning-the-vi/9780596... In X11, the text goes into the "[Primary] Selection" or the Cut Buffer[s]. https://www.xfree86.org/current/xcutsel.1.html https://www.xfree86.org/current/xcutsel.1.html CUT_BUFFER0 is the default, and obviously there can be more with higher numbers. But when you're pressing the middle mouse button, you're typically pasting the PRIMARY selection. There has never, ever been usage of "yank" in X11 documentation.