Robert Cussons wrote:
Hi, I think a question like this was posted a long time ago, but I can't
remember where or the answer, so please excuse me for asking it again.
If I yank the next word with yw the cursor stays where it is.
However if I want to yank text backwards from my current position for
example to get the last word I use yb and the cursor moves to the
beginning of the word. As I thought these two motion commands were the
inverse and they appear to operate like that, why the difference in
their reaction under the y operator?
Thanks
Rob.
The answer doesn't have a help tag, but it is somewhere under the description
of the yank command in change.txt:
<quote>
Note that after a characterwise yank command, Vim leaves the cursor on the
first yanked character that is closest to the start of the buffer. This means
that "yl" doesn't move the cursor, but "yh" moves the cursor one character
left.
Rationale: In Vi the "y" command followed by a backwards motion would
sometimes not move the cursor to the first yanked character,
because redisplaying was skipped. In Vim it always moves to
the first character, as specified by Posix.
With a linewise yank command the cursor is put in the first line, but the
column is unmodified, thus it may not be on the first yanked character.
</quote>
Best regards,
Tony.
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