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Questions about the history of Vi. DO NOT use this for command history.

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Why is Y a synonym for yy instead of y$?

Y was the yank command of the first vi version (ex-1.1, January 1, 1978). This version did not have the yy cammand. ex-2.2 (May 6, 1979) did have both yy and Y. So actually yy is a synonym for Y (Y pr …
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