Ghost Cut: A Solution to the Inherent Flaws in Traditional Cut and Paste Operations

The article identifies three critical flaws in traditional cut and paste operations—undoability, document reflow, and non-atomic behavior—and introduces Ghost Cut, a reversible text-movement mechanism that eliminates clipboard dependencies. Ghost Cut temporarily hides selected text, enabling atomic moves undetectable by standard undo functions while preserving original semantics through alternative key combinations.

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