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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