2.9.2 Yank Commands
Yank
commands yank a text of buffer into a (usually
anonymous) register. Here the word `yank' is used in Vi's sense.
Thus yank commands do not alter the content of the buffer, and
useful only in combination with commands that put back the yanked
text into the buffer.
- y motion-command
-
Yank the region determined by the motion command
motion-command.
For example, y $ will yank the text between point
and the end of line into an anonymous register, while "c y
$ will yank the same text into register c.
Use the following command to yank consecutive lines of
text.
- y y
- Y
-
Yank
a line. Given n, yank n lines
(
vip-yank-line).
- y r
- Yank current
region.
- y R
- Expand current
region and yank it.