Most of the time I use "cmd + x" to delete the whole line during coding. So ghost cut conflicts with my habit. I don't think it is a good habit but it is what I got used to. I've also seen people with the same habit. So it might be a good time to change my habit

The Finder has an interesting take on this: copy a file with ⌘C, then move it somewhere with ⌥⌘V. This is much nicer than the Windows Explorer's CTRL+X and CTRL+V, where the user is unsure what happens when they never paste the file.

This reminds me of File Explorer's cut behavior. It's a nice idea but the layout shift on paste is disorienting.

why is this not an article abour the abomination of paste with formatting

Seems complicated. Doesn't selecting, then drag-and-drop do what the author wants?

Agree accidentally clobbering the clipboard is super annoying. Clipboard history apps are a godsend. Like Paste on Mac, or Windows has it built in.

I just want a universal clipboard that works.

Interesting take on such a simple action but such a frustrating one when it does not work they way you want.

Every implementation is the same, and no spec exists, so how is it broken?

Hmm, now I'm wondering if paste should save the clipboard contents before so undo can restore them.

But no. Your text editor is a cottage surrounded by an outdoors it doesn't control. It makes no more sense to try to take charge of the clipboard than of a flock of geese flying overhead. What if someone or some other app pasted something in between? Paste is an arrow shot, a message in a bottle.