Any Way to Delete in Vim Without Overwriting Your Last Yank [Duplicate]

URL: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3638542/any-way-to-delete-in-vim-without-overwriting-your-last-yank
Author: Stack Overflow

Summary

I love vim, but one common gotcha is:
yank a line
go to where you would like to paste it
delete what's there
paste your yank, only to discover that it pastes what you just deleted
Obviously the

Highlights Added July 17, 2024 at 11:02 AM

Pass to the _ register, the black hole.
To delete a line without sticking it in the registers:
"_dd ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01gy9fz8mm8rxty0rrajmhz2xm))