Cut & Paste is broken in every word processor, code editor, and browser text area you've ever used. And it has been that way for decades. Just so we are on the same page: cut & paste is the combination of two operations: cut to remove the text from the document and place it in the clipboard, and paste to insert that text at a new point in the document. How can it be broken if it is so ubiquitous? Let me list the ways! 1. Cut is undoable The first flaw in cut & paste is that a cut can not be fully undone. Undo (control+z or command+z) after a cut restores the text to its pre-cut state in the document, but changes to the clipboard remain. If you regret replacing your clipboard contents then too bad, they have gone poof in the digital ether. Even if you use a clipboard manager, the undo has still not cleanly undone everything that one key did. 2. Cut reflows The second flaw is that a cut reflows the document.…