I have a file whose contents is: 12345 67890 The cursor is on the 1, and I type the following sequence of commands: ma f5 y`a <cr> P Now, I think the P should insert 12345 before the 6 on the second line. Instead, it DELETES the 6789!! (Try it.) Am I wrong, or is this a bug? Steven Holtsberg (sdcrdcf!steve at UUCP, ucla-cs!holts at UUCP)