# y -> p round-trips through the core's own yank register (regression: p used # to request the SYSTEM clipboard via OSC 52, which plain terminals — and this # harness — never answer, so paste silently no-oped). Pins helix placement: # a linewise yank (x) pastes as whole lines below (p) / above (P), a charwise # yank (v) splices inline after the selection. lines f.txt 5 start 31 100 f.txt wait 8000 Newcol Joincol wait 8000 line 5 stable 700 20000 # linewise: x-select line 2, yank, move down, paste below line 3 press left 8 5 release left 8 5 stable 400 5000 key x y j p stable 400 5000 snap linewise-below # P from the pasted line: its copy lands above key x y P stable 400 5000 snap linewise-above # charwise: v-select two chars of line 1, yank, paste splices after them press left 8 4 release left 8 4 stable 400 5000 key v l y p stable 400 5000 snap charwise-inline # a BLANK line yanks as a bare "\n": the block is empty, lineCount says 0 # lines, and every `n - 1` in the linewise paste used to underflow — panic on # y then p. It pastes as one empty line. key o key esc settle 100 key y p stable 400 5000 snap blankline