The yank command in vi.
Ray Lubinsky
rwl at uvacs.UUCP
Sun Jan 5 08:05:32 AEST 1986
> > ... I contend it would be a more useful and more consistent
> > implementation of Y to yank to end of line.
>
> Have you ever tried the string "y$" ? After all since the vi
> command syntax seems to be <count><command><location> that
> should work! And whadayaknow it does!
:
> You too can makeup new vi commands everyday or maybe
> only every other day! Actually, maybe they're not new except to you.
> Show them to your friends! Post'em to the net! After all, someone
> might be looking for that particular "new" command. :-)
Hey, cut the guy some slack! Of course I knew about "y$" (he probably did
too), but the original article is just complaining about lack of orthogonality
in the key definitions. After I thought about it for a minute, I decided he's
right. Defining "Y" to mean "yank to the end of line" does make more sense.
--
Ray Lubinsky University of Virginia, Dept. of Computer Science
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