Any way to delete in vim without overwriting your last yank? [duplicate]

Answer 1

I use the following mapping to make deleting to the black hole register a bit easier:

nnoremap R "_d

This way, dd becomes Rd and d$ becomes R$. Note that R is normally bound to enter replace mode, but I found that I never used that, so it was the easisest to remember key for a "really remove" feature.