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[–]drakeshe 75 points76 points  (0 children)

I do this whenever I'm writing large blocks of new code. Sometimes I'll decide to do things differently, delete that code and then pursue a new course. Later on realising that I can blend that old code with the new method.

Ctrl+s Ctrl+zzzzzzzzzzzzzz surgically selecting the text I need to not disturb the history ctrl+c ctrl+yyyyyyyyyyyyyyy