How to delete (not cut) in Vim?

Question

How can I delete a line without putting it into my default buffer?

Example:

line that will be copied.

line that I want to be substitued with the previou         


        

Answer 1

the following mappings will produce:

• d => "delete"
• leader d => "cut"

nnoremap x "_x
nnoremap d "_d
nnoremap D "_D
vnoremap d "_d

nnoremap d ""d
nnoremap D ""D
vnoremap d ""d

Also, it is a nice practice to have the "leader" key set to comma, e.g:

let mapleader = ","
let g:mapleader = ","

these 2 snippets will make ",d" be your new cut command.

If you would like to use these mappings togther with a shared system clipboard configuration, see further details at https://github.com/pazams/d-is-for-delete