5.8. Copy and Paste
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To copy text, one has to be in command mode.
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Set a mark at the end of the text to be copied using the sequence ma
(where a can be any letter).
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Go to the beginning of the text to be copied and type y`a (where
` is a back-quote and a is the same letter that was marked
with)
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To paste your text, move to the position at the beginning where it should be
pasted and type p.
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One can cut text in the same way using d`a.