Cutting files is a broken abstraction

Part 1: cutting files is a lie [ permalink ] I’ve written before in detail on how the clipboard works : when I copy something that program announces to others “I have something for you to paste”, and when you paste on another program, that one says “gimme that copied data”. (this oversimplifies, see linked article if you want the full details) So what happens when we cut ? In a text editor, cutting just copies something and removes it from the text file immediately. It’s a “copy and delete” action really. The same applies for image editors, and f

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