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Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting?

From Rene Kita <mail@rkta.de>
Newsgroups comp.editors
Subject Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting?
Date 2026-02-17 07:42 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 2026-02-16 22:43, Rene Kita wrote:
>> swapjim <swapjim@example.org> wrote:
>>> I'm using GVim 9.1 on Windows to learn traditional Vi by setting 'set
>>> compatible' in the vimrc file.
>> 
>> Use "_dd and similar to not put the deleted text in a register.
>> See :h "_
> 
> Do you know whether that register was existing in classical Vi ?
> (I don't think so but, frankly, I don't recall and I'm curious.)
> 
> Janis

AFAIK it's a vim extension - but it works in vim with 'set compatible'.

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Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? swapjim <swapjim@example.org> - 2026-02-16 23:29 +0200
  Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? Rene Kita <mail@rkta.de> - 2026-02-16 21:43 +0000
    Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-02-16 23:28 +0100
      Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? Rene Kita <mail@rkta.de> - 2026-02-17 07:42 +0000
      Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? Anthony Howe <achowe@snert.com> - 2026-02-17 05:53 -0500
        Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2026-02-17 14:08 +0000
          Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-02-17 17:41 +0100
  Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2026-02-16 23:20 +0100
  Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? Jason H <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> - 2026-02-17 22:42 +0000
    Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? Jason H <jason_hindle@yahoo.com> - 2026-02-17 22:49 +0000
  Re: Vi: is there any way not to yank text I'm deleting? Geoff Clare <geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid> - 2026-02-18 13:34 +0000

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