Ghost Cut – or why Cut and Paste is broken everywhere
Summary
Ghost Cut introduces a novel text-editing concept that makes cut-and-paste operations atomic and reversible by ghosting the cut text instead of using the clipboard. The article outlines three fundamental flaws of traditional cut-paste (undo, reflow, and non-atomicity) and presents Ghost Cut as a potential improvement that could influence future editors, with a practical demonstration and side notes on how to preserve original semantics.