Re: [9fans] home, end ^h^j^k^l

["Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>]

Quinn Dunkan wrote:
> Deleting text with backspace replaces the snarf buffer.  I often cut out
> something I want, and then do some editing to prepare a place for it, and wind
> up deleting a space or something, at which point my paste doesn't give what I
> expected.  I don't think the snarf buffer should be quite so ephemeral, but it
> probably also has something to do with how I work (i.e., if I want to snarf
> something, I snarf, and if I want to delete it, I delete).

It's not just you; I keep running into this problem using "sam".
Partly it's coupled to the behavior of backspace for a highlighted
region: to exactly delete what is highlighted, one has to cut it,
which overwrites the snarf buffer.
I would actually prefer an array of snarf buffers (a la TECO's
Q-registers), but then the complexity starts to overwhelm the
user.  I doubt it is possible to design a *small* interface that
best fits all usage patterns.