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Re:Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi? by Symmetry on Thursday February 02, 2012 @10:16AM (#3542975)
Vim's preserving of new lines is more awesome than that of lesser editors. If you have

  This is a test
      ^
with your curser at the carrot, and you type 'yyp' you will get

  This is a test
  This is a test
Rather than

  This This is a test
  is a test
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Re:Why, oh why, do those nutheads use vi? by dchest on Thursday February 02, 2012 @10:38AM (#3543062)
Yes, but can you make it paste the second way if you yanked with 'yy'? That's my problem.

Edit: aha, pasting in insert mode works like this!

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