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Yanking
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`<count>  y<move>'
     Yank from begin to endpoint of <count><move>.

`<count>  "<a-z>y<move>'
     Yank from begin to endpoint of <count><move> to register.

`<count>  "<A-Z>y<move>'
     Yank from begin to endpoint of <count><move> and append to
     register.

`<count>  yy'
     <count> lines.

`<count>  Y'
     Idem (should be equivalent to `y$' though).

`m<a-z>'
     Mark the cursor position with a letter.

`[<a-z>'
     Show contents of textmarker.

`]<a-z>'
     Show contents of register.

`<count>  ["<a-z1-9>]p'
     Put the contents of the (default undo) buffer <count> times after
     the cursor.  The register will be automatically down-cased.

`<count>  ["<a-z1-9>]P'
     Put the contents of the (default undo) buffer <count> times before
     the cursor.  The register will