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Basics: improve "Registers?"

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@ -215,6 +215,28 @@ Vim provides 10 types of registers:
There are numerous exceptions when registers get implicitely filled, so be sure
to read `:h registers`.
Yank with `y` and paste with `p`/`P`.
Vim distinguishes between characterwise and linewise selections. See `:h linewise`.
**Example: linewise**
`yy` (or just `Y`) yanks the current line, move the cursor somewhere else, use
`p` to paste below the current line `P` for pasting above it.
**Example: charwise**
Yank the first word with `0yw`, move somewhere else, paste after the cursor on
the current line with `p` and before the cursor with `P`.
**Example: explicit naming of register**
`"aY` yanks the current line into register `a`. Move to another line. "AY"
appends the current line to register `a`.
I suggest playing around with with all these registers a bit and constantly
checking `:reg`, so you can see what's actually happening.
**Fun fact**: In Emacs "yanking" stands for pasting (or _reinserting previously
killed text_) not copying.