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Re: emacs terminology
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Emanuel Berg |
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Re: emacs terminology |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Sep 2021 21:12:33 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Y. E. wrote:
>>> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/17056/what-is-the-origin-of-the-term-yank
>>
>> I don't know how it came to be used, but you can find more
>> info here:
>>
>>
>> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/209660/why-is-the-vi-editors-copy-command-called-yank
>>
>> It says this comes from TECO, and was already in use in the
>> early 1960s. And Emacs is not the only editor using this
>> terminology: vi does as well, its command to yank a line is
>> yy or Y. "Paste" came later, in 1970s.
>
> Yes, emacs.SE question also links to the unix.SE in the
> first comment.
>
> Anyway, the visibility of that answer-in-the-comment at
> unix.SE was very questionable, so I added a more
> Emacs-oriented _community wiki_ answer to emacs.SE (based on
> the already mentioned comment):
>
> https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/68454/28451
>
> Fixes and improvement are, by definition, welcome
> from everyone.
Maybe add a line saying the origin for the words kill and yank
in particular maybe is mnemonic (the y key, yank; the
k key, kill) like Luca theorized ...
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