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#### 4.2.8 Yanking

`<count> y<move>`

  Yank from begin to endpoint of <count><move>.

`<count> "<a-z>y<move>`

  Yank from begin to endpoint of <count><move> to register.

`<count> "<A-Z>y<move>`

  Yank from begin to endpoint of <count><move> and append to register.

`<count> yy`

  <count> lines.

`<count> Y`

  Idem (should be equivalent to `y$` though).

`m<a-z>`

  Mark the cursor position with a letter.

`[<a-z>`

  Show contents of textmarker.

`]<a-z>`

  Show contents of register.

`<count> ["<a-z1-9>]p`

  Put the contents of the (default undo) buffer <count> times after the cursor. The register will be automatically down-cased.

`<count> ["<a-z1-9>]P`

  Put the contents of the (default undo) buffer <count> times before the cursor. The register will