2026-05-13 06:40 UTC
What's the lore (if any) behind #Emacs using "yank" for the paste operation and #Vi #Vim using the same word for copy?
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@synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-13 07:03
@tmalsburg@scholar.social long story short? vi > emacs. Bill Joy's mom better than Richard Stallman's mom
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@hweimer@fediscience.org 2026-05-13 07:24
@tmalsburg@scholar.social k for "kill" and y for "yank" in Emacs comes from TECO, although this didn't involve a kill ring the way it does in Emacs. vi couldn't use those keys because k was needed for moving the cursor up.