Re: Yanking doesn't yank

hi,

On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 at 14:59, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use
<vim_use@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> I have a block of text (say, 10 lines) that I want to copy from
> somewhere to somewhere else.
>
> I put the cursor on the first line, press capital v (shift + v); this ...
> ...

we all work differently :-). I do not use visual mode in that
situation, just note the line number of the first, then move to the
last line, and, eg, ':123,.y'.

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