From: NilsOla Nilsson <nilsola@abc.se>
Subject: Re: Improvement for vi(1) paste comand (updated diff)
To: Walter Alejandro Iglesias <wai@roquesor.com>
Cc: tech@openbsd.org
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 07:13:57 +0100

On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 08:21:07PM +0100, Walter Alejandro Iglesias wrote:
> 
> In addition to implementing the change in cursor mode, I thought it
> convenient to use the same criteria in line mode.

The use cases are not necessarily the same for line
mode as for cursor mode.

It is probably better, if possible, to be consistent
between the ”verb before object” modal editors, which it
is for line mode, as far as I can see. I use vi or nvi
for sysop things, vis (vise in OpenBSD) for programming
and vim or nvim(neovim) for text editing (since i need
spell checking). 

The ”object before verb” modal editors (kakuone and
helix) behaves more like your diff for line mode, but
they are so different anyway so it doesn’t matter.

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