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Re: emacs terminology


From: Y. E.
Subject: Re: emacs terminology
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2021 21:20:32 +0300

Hi Luca,

> this could sound like trolling

To me personally this sounds as a fine question.

> I'm really curious to understand
> (if possibile) how did Emacs come up with terms like "kill" and
> "yank".
> Is there any resource that explains it?

The only source I found investigating this question is this
SE thread:

https://emacs.stackexchange.com/questions/17056/what-is-the-origin-of-the-term-yank





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