Maybe a paste of a node should always maintain the gnx unless it would 
create a clone.

On Thursday, July 6, 2023 at 12:21:12 AM UTC-4 Thomas Passin wrote:

> I think it's not uncommon to cut a node and paste it somewhere else in the 
> outline.  For example, if I want to move a node from near the top to near 
> the bottom of a long outline, it would be impractical to move it down node 
> by node or to drag it.  I simply cut and paste it.
>
> Trouble is, when you cut a node and paste it, its gnx changes.  To prevent 
> that you would have to remember to paste the node as a clone rather than do 
> a simple paste.  This is asking for trouble. (And it's a weakness of my 
> zettel-kasten system, which is gnx-based).
>
> It's true that legacy path-based UNLs have the same problem.  But at least 
> that's fairly obvious, whereas the new gnx-based UNLs are supposed to be 
> unbreakable.
>
> I don't have a ready solution to offer at this point, but I think it's a 
> real scenario.
>

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