Re: [bug-ed] Cut buffer does not persist between files

[Antonio Diaz Diaz]

Hi Bob,

Bob Proulx wrote:
> And so if you asked me what the 'x' command did I would have said it
> did encryption!

Interesting. I didn't know.


> So maybe this new fangled 'y' command and different 'x' command
> instead of encryption will catch on.  Maybe not.  Who is to say?  It
> is only been in GNU since 1994 after all.  Wouldn't want to rush into
> things.  But if you depend upon it and then end up on a BSD system you
> would find it a missing feature there.  So perhaps it is better to
> stick to the common functionality anyway so that the fingers don't
> learn habits that don't port well.  :-)

:-)
I don't use ed frequently, but I don't think the yank buffer is very useful 
as it is, given that one can already copy or move lines in the buffer with 
the 't' and 'm' commands. Also, making it persistent would need to use a 
temporary file. So I think it is better to explicitly use a temporary file 
when needed, as Paul and Martin have already explained.


Best regards,
Antonio.