From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 05.06.2024 23:31, Spiros Bousbouras wrote:   
   > On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 21:00:09 +0200   
   > Janis Papanagnou  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> The term "register" isn't mentioned at all in the POSIX document.   
   >   
   > Interesting. I wonder which vi clones call it "buffer" and which   
   > "register". There may even exist more terminologies for all I know.   
      
   Personally I think that both terms are no good choice; in my ears they   
   appear like a low-level and _too generic_ technical term. That's why:   
      
   >> In my Vi/Vim lecture document I used (coined?) the term "paste-   
   >> buffer" to better differentiate it from "buffer" or "edit buffer".   
      
   Also; generally I consider a "register" (in IT context) a small entity   
   and "buffer" as something large (certainly larger than a "register").   
   And the "paste buffer" ("register", "buffer") in Vi/Vim can hold very   
   large entities, so some sort of "buffer" fits better (IMO).   
      
   I used the "paste" prefix to remove the unfortunate genericity of the   
   term (as POSIX used the "edit" prefix for the edit buffer).   
      
   Janis   
      
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