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@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ start and end of the motion are not in the same line, and there are only
blanks before the start and there are no non-blanks after the end of the
motion, the delete becomes linewise. This means that the delete also removes
the line of blanks that you might expect to remain. Use the |o_v| operator to
-force the motion to be characterwise.
+force the motion to be charwise.
Trying to delete an empty region of text (e.g., "d0" in the first column)
is an error when 'cpoptions' includes the 'E' flag.
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ also use these commands to move text from one file to another, because Vim
preserves all registers when changing buffers (the CTRL-^ command is a quick
way to toggle between two files).
- *linewise-register* *characterwise-register*
+ *linewise-register* *charwise-register*
You can repeat the put commands with "." (except for :put) and undo them. If
the command that was used to get the text into the register was |linewise|,
Vim inserts the text below ("p") or above ("P") the line where the cursor is.
@@ -1116,10 +1116,9 @@ this happen. However, if the width of the block is not a multiple of a <Tab>
width and the text after the inserted block contains <Tab>s, that text may be
misaligned.
-Note that after a characterwise yank command, Vim leaves the cursor on the
-first yanked character that is closest to the start of the buffer. This means
-that "yl" doesn't move the cursor, but "yh" moves the cursor one character
-left.
+Note that after a charwise yank command, Vim leaves the cursor on the first
+yanked character that is closest to the start of the buffer. This means that
+"yl" doesn't move the cursor, but "yh" moves the cursor one character left.
Rationale: In Vi the "y" command followed by a backwards motion would
sometimes not move the cursor to the first yanked character,
because redisplaying was skipped. In Vim it always moves to