C-y should "yank"

[jackrusher]

Issue:

In an environment with emacs-like C-k to "structure aware kill", there should be a dual that pastes what was killed. This is known, by tradition, as "yanking", and is usually bound to C-y.

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URL to a gist replicating the issue (if possible/relevant)

[mhuebert]

do you think it would be sufficient to simply copy the text to the system clipboard as we kill it, vs. maintaining a separate clipboard history / "kill ring"?

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[jackrusher]

The kill ring is amazing, but we should probably just use the clipboard for now. :)