Questions tagged [yank]

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What is the `yank` command in XCode?

In XCode there's a text key binding ^Y to the "yank" command. What does "yank" mean? I thought it was to "yank back deleted text" but so far it only "yanks back" text I cut, which means its synonymous with "paste" on windows?
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Make vim yankings global via a shared text file

In a nutshell, I want the following: y(ank) actually writes the yanked text to a line in a text file, maybe in your .vim directory that line is prefixed with the name of the register, so "qyy yields q>my line of text p(ut) gets the expected result…
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Sharing Vim Yank Register

Is it possible to run multiple instances of Vim which share their yank registers? I'd like to avoid having to yank to the system clipboard with "+y or opening my files in split windows within the same Vim instance.
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Is there any way to do an emacs-like yank in vim?

In emacs, yanking works something like this: if you delete something, it can be yanked back into another position. In other words, emacs's yank is sort of like cut and paste. On the other hand, it seems like vim's yank is like copy and paste: I…
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Yank and put between two gvim instances in windows

I frequently work with a couple of gvim instances in windows, usually also with several tabs in each instance. Is is possible to have all the gvim instances share a common yank and put buffer, so that I can yank in one instance and put what I just…
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Does `yank` mean copying, pasting, or either in Emacs?

While yank means copying in Vim, I am a bit confused about Emacs. What does yank mean there exactly?
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what's the correct command use vim copy to clipboard as the clipboard supported version has installed?

I'm using Manjaro, and open clipboard: ➜ ~ vim --version | grep "clipboard" +clipboard +jumplist +persistent_undo +vertsplit +emacs_tags +mouse_dec -sun_workshop +xterm_clipboard First question, use "+y can't copy the…
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